Diamond Trends – Thursday

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SU Play ON Trend of the Day:

-- The Athletics are 22-0 SU as a home 140+ favorite off a home game in which they struck out at least ten times and it is not the first game of a series.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day:

-- The Giants are 0-22 SU as a dog of more than 125 in the last game of a series after a game in which they struck out their opponent at least ten times.

Batter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Marlins are 0-16 SU in franchise history as a road 160-plus dog off a game as a dog in which Starlin Castro had multiple hits.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Cardinals are 20-0 SU in franchise history as a home favorite with Michael Wacha when he had a WHIP of at least 1.40 while allowing fewer than five walks in his last start.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)