Diamond Trends – Saturday

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PLAY-ON TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Royals are 15-0 SU in the second game of a series as a favorite when one game above 500.

PLAY-AGAINST TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Orioles are 0-16 SU in the history of the database as a dog of more than 150 in the second game of a road series when they lost the opener by five-plus runs.

HITTER-BASED TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Cubs are 10-0 SU as a road favorite off a game as a favorite in which Albert Almora Jr had multiple hits.

PITCHER-BASED TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Pirates are 0-11 OU (-3.82 rpg) when Trevor Williams starts as a dog in an afternoon game.

MONSTER TRENDS:

-- The Pirates are 5-0 SU as a dog after they had more strikeouts than hits.

-- The Nationals are 10-0 SU at home after they had 6 or fewer hits, winning by an average of 5.9 runs per game.


Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)