Diamond Trends – Thursday

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SU Play ON Trend of the Day:

-- The Cubs are 11-0 SU as a home favorite off a game as a favorite in which they had more strikeouts than hits.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day:

-- The Royals are 0-22 SU as a home 160-plus dog after they allowed six-plus runs and it is before the All-Star break.

Batter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Royals are 0-15 SU in franchise history as a home dog of more than 160 after a game in which Alex Gordon was hitless in at least three at bats.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Indians are 7-0 SU in franchise history when Shane Bieber starts on the road when their bullpen gave up runs in each of their last two games.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)