Diamond Trends – Friday

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SU Play ON Trend of the Day:

-- The Indians are a reliable 22-0 SU as a road favorite of more than 190 when facing a divisional opponent with fewer wins and it is post All-Star break. Cleveland won these 22 games by an average of 4.23 runs and they are 8-0 their last eight on the runline.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day:

-- The Royals are 0-19 SU as a 120-plus dog when they are off a loss in which their starter allowed at least one run and they held the lead.

Hitter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Athletics are 9-0 SU in franchise history as a favorite after a game as a road favorite in which Jed Lowrie hit a home run. Oakland has won these nine games by an average final score of 7.11 to 2.78 runs.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Nationals are 0-9 SU since the start of the 2015 season as a road favorite with Gio Gonzalez when he walked four-plus batters in his last start.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)