Diamond Trends – Thursday

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SU Play ON Trend of the Day:

-- The Yankees are 19-0 SU in the first game of a series with no rest as a 125-plus favorite off a road game in which they had more strikeouts than hits.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day:

-- The Mariners are 0-18 SU in the history of the database in the first game of a road series post All-Star break vs a team with a better record when they have no rest and they are off a regulation game as a favorite.

Hitter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Rockies are 0-13 SU when their line is within 20 cents of pickem off a game as a favorite in which Nolan Arenado was hitless in at least two at bats

Starter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Indians are 22-0 SU in franchise history when Corey Kluber starts as a 160-plus favorite in an afternoon game. Cleveland has won these 22 games by an impressive 6.23 runs.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)