Diamond Trends – Tuesday

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SU Play ON Trend of the Day:

-- The Royals are 15-0 SU as a home dog off a game as a dog in which they struck out their opponent at least ten times and it is post All-Star break and not a series opener.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day:

-- The Athletics are 0-15 SU in the first game of a series with rest as a dog off a home game in which they won by four-plus runs and used at least one reliever. Oakland has lost these 15 games by an average of 5.27 runs.

Hitter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Angels are 9-0 SU at home off a game as a favorite in which Justin Upton was hitless in at least three at bats. In their last three in this spot, the Halos won 11-2, 11-3 and 12-8.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Mariners are 14-0 SU with Felix Hernandez as a favorite when they lost both in his last start against their opponent and his last start.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)