Double headers come up often enough during an MLB season that it’s important to keep them on your radar. With teams giving guys the 1st or 2nd game off for rest, lineup announcements are important, but as a general rule this is a strategy I use for handicapping Game 2 of the twin bill.

Strategy: Take the team on the ML who lost Game 1 of the double-header and flip flop with the total as well.

It’s not always this simple, but sweeping a double header is very tough in baseball and more often than not you’ll see the two teams split the day. It’s great when the Game 1 loser comes back as the underdog in Game 2 as the + money should add a few extra dollars to your bankroll.

In terms of the total, the same logic applies so that if the first game went ‘under’ the total, take the second game ‘over’ and vice-versa. In the on-going war between hitters and pitchers, they are likely to split on the day as well. Sometimes the pitching matchup in the 2nd game will scare bettors away from backing an ‘over’ (if aces are on the hill for example), but studs do get hit hard too and I’ve used this strategy to cash numerous bets in my baseball betting career.

Obviously you have to incorporate other factors like line movement, betting percentages and the like to these Game 2 plays, but if you go into double headers with the thought of avoiding making plays on Game 1 (unless there are factors mentioned above that warrant a play), and look for those flip flop scenarios in Game 2, your bankroll will thank you for it.