NOUN
- two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day)
How To Use doubleheader In A Sentence
- The A's won the nightcap of this landmark doubleheader, 5-2.
- The second game of the doubleheader was rained out. Houston Chronicle
- In the nightcap of the doubleheader, he hit a ninth inning homer off Hoyt Wilhelm to assure the Yankees of a 1-0 win.
- A doubleheader is scheduled for Sunday to make up one of the two games. Southern League - Class AA Baseball - Greenville vs. Carolina
- Upper Iowa University recognized 122 Athletic Department student scholars between games of a home basketball doubleheader in late January.
- Atlanta Braves at Shea Stadium beginning with a twi-night doubleheader on Friday. National League Major League Baseball - New York Mets vs. Pittsburgh
- Reliant Stadium played host to the 5A title doubleheader last year, with Katy beating Wylie for the Division II championship and Hightower falling to Allen for the Division I crown before a combined crowd of more than Chron.com Chronicle
- Lou Collier with the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Milwaukee Brewers rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates and a split of their twi-night doubleheader. National League Baseball - Pirates vs. Brewers
- ABERDEEN - Zac Williams and Sam Barbee combined for five hits, and Garett McCoy slammed a solo home run as Coldstone Creamery topped Aberdeen 8-3 to salvage a split of their Senior Babe Ruth baseball doubleheader on Saturday. Undefined
- If the Red Sox miss the playoffs by a game, they'll be haunted by the nightcap of Tuesday's doubleheader, when Toronto rallied from a pair of three-run deficits to beat Curt Schilling.