Diamond Trends – Monday

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SU Play ON Trend of the Day:

-- The Rangers are 11-0 SU as a favorite in the first game of a series when they were shutout yesterday. Texas has won these eleven games by an average of 6.09 runs, while scoring an average of 8.91 runs per game.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day:

-- The Pirates are 0-15 SU in the first game of a series with no rest when they are off a home series, their line is within 20 cents of pickem and their opponent has a worse record.

Hitter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Orioles are 0-11 SU as a home dog after Chris Davis was hitless in at least three at bats. Baltimore lost all abut one of these games by multiple runs and they are 0-7 SU in this spot THIS season.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Mariners are 13-0 SU when Felix Hernandez starts as a favorite when they lost both his last start and his last start against the current opponent. In the two occurrences from this season, the M's won 8-3 and 9-5.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)