Diamond Trends – Friday

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SU Play ON Trend of the Day:

-- The Mets are 17-0 SU as a favorite after a game as a home dog in which they had more strikeouts than hits and it is post All-Star break. New York has won these 17 games by an average of 4.00 runs.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day:

-- The White Sox are 0-19 SU in the first game of a series with no rest on the road after a game as a home favorite in which they hit at least one home run and it is post All-Star break.

Hitter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Cubs are 0-9 SU as a home favorite after a game in which Jason Heyward struck out at least twice. Chicago was an average of minus 165 on the moneyline in these nine losses, with each of the last eight coming by multiple runs.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Nationals are 0-9 SU as a 140-plus favorite with Gio Gonzalez when he threw over 90 pitches in his last start and the Nationals lost. Washington was an average of minus 168 on the moneyline in these nine losses and in the three games from THIS season, he got a total of two runs of support.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)