Diamond Trends – Thursday

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SU Play ON Trend of the Day:

-- The Indians are 21-0 SU as a 140+ favorite when their starter allowed fewer than five runs in his last start and they lost by one run and it is post All-Star break and not a series opener.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day:

-- The Reds are 0-15 SU in the first game of a series with no rest on the road off a game as a dog in which they scored in fewer innings than their opponent and it is post All-Star break.

Hitter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The White Sox are 0-14 SU in franchise history as a dog off a game as a dog in which Daniel Palka hit a home run.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Yankees are 9-0 SU with Masahiro Tanaka at home after August. In his last five games in this spot the Yankees have won by scores of: 4-0, 1-0, 5-0, 2-1 and 11-0. That right, their opponent has scored a total of one run in five games.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)