How to Use doubleheader in a Sentence

doubleheader

noun
  • The two teams will meet in a doubleheader this Saturday.
  • Marist will face Maine in the first game of the doubleheader.
    Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Sunday doubleheader looks like one that should live up to the billing.
    Adam Burke Vsin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Harris had started over him in right field in game one of the doubleheader.
    Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The game will be made up on Thursday as part of a split doubleheader.
    Laura Fay, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • It will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on May 30.
    Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2022
  • The game will be made up May 14 as part of a split doubleheader.
    Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2021
  • That sort of contrast makes a doubleheader work.
    Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In each game of the doubleheader, the Mets gave up 10 runs.
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 25 June 2026
  • In our view, the Big 12 should take over the day with a doubleheader.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
  • The nifty grab came in the second inning in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
    Jeff Miller, ajc, 4 Oct. 2022
  • That will be just one of four games in a weekend featuring a pair of doubleheaders.
    Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Many weeks are doubleheaders for each channel.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Then Bowden went yard the next day, one of her four hits in a split doubleheader, and hasn’t looked back since.
    oregonlive, 20 May 2021
  • In the second game of a doubleheader, the pitcher from the day’s first game stands in the batter’s box.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2023
  • His last loss came in the second game of the doubleheader on June 20.
    David Solomon, Star Tribune, 22 July 2021
  • The downside is that the teams will try again with a doubleheader Tuesday.
    Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The teams will play a doubleheader May 28 amid what is now a five-game series.
    Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2022
  • That came in the nightcap of a doubleheader against the Angels.
    Joe Reedy, ajc, 28 June 2023
  • Perez hit his 15th of the year in the first game of the doubleheader — also in the sixth inning.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2024
  • The Reign will play a doubleheader with the Sounders on June 3.
    Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Another doubleheader will close the week of action across the league.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Both games of the doubleheader will be broadcast on Royals.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Chicago won the second game of the doubleheader.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Luciano was sent to Mesa for a prospect-laden road half of the split-squad doubleheader against the Cubs.
    Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Rain in Pittsburgh forced the game to be made up in a split doubleheader Wednesday.
    San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Sep. 2022
  • That stretch included 10 starts and both ends of a doubleheader.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Some welcomed the move away from doubleheaders, arguing that primetime should go back to its roots.
    Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The Brewers and Cubs will play a doubleheader.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The doubleheader occurs on the first day back after the All-Star break.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 9 May 2021

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