Diamond Trends – Monday

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SU Play ON Trend of the Day:

-- The Astros are 12-0 SU in the first game of a series with no rest at home off a loss as a favorite in which they never led.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day:

-- The Orioles are 0-14 SU at home off a game as a dog in which they struck out at least ten times and it is before the All-Star break.

Batter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Royals are 0-15 SU on the road off a road game in which Whit Merrifield struck out at least twice.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Nationals are 0-13 OU in franchise history with Jeremy Hellickson when he averaged fewer than 4.1 pitches per batter in his last start, staying under by an average of 3.19 runs per game.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)