Diamond Trends – Saturday

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PLAY-ON TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Nationals are 18-0 SU as a 140-plus favorite off a game as a dog in which they had six or fewer hits, but were not shut out.

PLAY-AGAINST TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Marlins are 0-25 SU as a road 140-plus dog off a game as a dog in which they had at least five more team-left-on-base than their opponent.

TOTALS TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Rays are 12-0 OU in the first game of a series with rest after they won by five-plus runs.

PITCHER-BASED TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Phillies are 10-0 SU when Aaron Nola starts as a home 140-plus favorite when he had more strikeouts than hits allowed in his last start.

MONSTER TRENDS:

-- The Rockies are 0-6 SU as a home favorite after a game in which they hit more home runs than their opponent and it is not a series opener. Colorado was an average of minus 136 on the moneyline..

-- The Brewers are 7-0 SU in franchise history with Gio Gonzalez when he averaged more than four pitches per batter in his last start and they won, winning by an average of 6.00 runs.


Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)