Noun
two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day)
Source: WordNetI remember many a time, going into someplace like Wrigley Field - where you could cut the humidity with a knife - and playing a doubleheader. I loved to play the game. It didn't matter if it was a doubleheader, or a single game, or a day game after a night game. I wanted to play. Gary Carter
The only thing worse than a Mets game, ... is a Mets doubleheader. Casey Stengel
Then there was the bomb hit by Roberto Clemente, Sosa's idol, in the ninth inning of the second game of a doubleheader on May 17, 1959. The missile left the ballpark to the left of the Wrigley Field scoreboard, landing in a gas station across the street. Roberto Clemente
A notable oddity happened during a doubleheader with the Cincinnati Reds on July 23 in which the Reds were the designated home team for Game 2 even though the Giants were playing at home. Source: Internet
Daniel Ponce de Leon pitched one-hit ball over six innings, Tommy Edman hit a two-run homer and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-1 to split their pivotal doubleheader Friday night. Source: Internet
Dee Strange-Gordon’s two-run single was the key hit in an eight-run third inning as the “host” Seattle Mariners completed a sweep of the Oakland Athletics with a 12-3 victory in the second game of a doubleheader Saturday at the Coliseum. Source: Internet