How to Use doubleheader in a Sentence

doubleheader

noun

• The two teams will meet in a doubleheader this Saturday.
• The Reign will play a doubleheader with the Sounders on June 3.
  — Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2023
• The Guardians sweep the doubleheader to take a 4 1/2 game lead in the Central.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 24 Dec. 2022
• Keep in mind, this is the first game of a doubleheader.
  — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
• That came in the nightcap of a doubleheader against the Angels.
  — Joe Reedy, ajc, 28 June 2023
• 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
• 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
• There will be a straight doubleheader Thursday for the final two games of the three-game series.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 26 July 2023
• The Beavers and Huskies now will play a doubleheader on Saturday, with the first game starting at 1:05 p.m.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 31 Mar. 2023
• But then, at last, in the first inning of the second half of a doubleheader, Judge faced Jesus Tinoco, saw a slider in the strike zone, and swung.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2022
• But when the game was rained out, Maggi was able to stick around for the Saturday doubleheader as the team's 27th player.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2023
• Ohtani was to pitch in the first game of the doubleheader in Detroit and was expected to talk to reporters after his start.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 July 2023
• This will lead off a girls-boys doubleheader between the two rival schools.
  — Michael Whitlow, Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2024
• The tear was publicly revealed August 23, in the middle of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
• It will be made up as part of a straight doubleheader starting at 4:10 p.m. Thursday.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2023
• But while pitching in that August doubleheader against the Reds, Ohtani left the mound while still facing a batter.
  — Bruce Schoenfeld, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• Unless there’s a doubleheader, all are 7 p.m. matchups (see scoreboard for all of them).
  — Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2023
• Ohtani suffered his latest UCL tear during the first game of a doubleheader on Aug. 23.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
• The contest was rescheduled for Tuesday as part of a split doubleheader.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
• In the nightcap of the doubleheader, Zionsville’s Logan Imes left no doubt who rallied his team to a 59-53 victory over.
  — Lewis Bagley, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2023
• Along with the reduction in field size, another big change to this year’s LIT will be that the top four seeds will host first-round doubleheaders on Jan. 8.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 1 Jan. 2024
• Hall also pitched three innings of relief for the Orioles in late April as the club’s 27th man for a doubleheader in Detroit.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 27 Aug. 2023
• The team also did make progress on handling in the most recent doubleheader weekend.
  — Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2023
• It will be made up as part of a straight doubleheader beginning at 3:40 p.m. on Tuesday.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
• Bernardino was the extra player for the doubleheader and will remain on the roster.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
• After taking the opener with a 5-0 shutout in a matinee, the Red Sox will cap their doubleheader with the Yankees Thursday night.
  — Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
• With the doubleheader of Tyrone and The Marvels, Parris should have had a bigger breakout year.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 20 Dec. 2023
• Jansen left the the second game of Tuesday’s doubleheader, a 4-1 loss, after facing just two batters in the ninth inning.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 14 Sep. 2023
• Votto, who did not play in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader, went 1-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 2 Apr. 2023
• The Cougars bounced back in a big way by winning their next two games, the second of which came against two-time defending champion South in the first game of a doubleheader.
  — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 16 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024