Diamond Trends – Friday

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SU Play ON Trend of the Day:

-- The Yankees are 12-0 SU in the second game of a home series when they allowed 6+ runs as a favorite in the opener.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day:

-- The Royals are 0-16 SU in the second game of a series as a 170+ dog after they won the opener and never trailed.

Batter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Cubs are 26-0 SU as a home 140+ favorite after a game in which they struck less than 15 times and Kyle Schwarber struck out at least twice and did not draw multiple walks.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Astros are 14-0 SU in franchise history when Justin Verlander starts on the road and he averaged more than four pitches per batter in his last start.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)