Diamond Trends – Saturday

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PLAY-ON TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Mets are 21-0 SU as a road favorite of more than 130 when they are off a game as a favorite in which their opponent left more than 16 men on base.

PLAY-AGAINST TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Tigers are as a road dog 0-13 SU in the second game of a series vs a team that has lost at least their last two games.

TOTAL TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Rockies are 11-0 OU as a 140+ favorite when their opponents starter has an ERA of higher than 4.00 on the season and it is not a series opener..

PITCHER-BASED TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Blue Jays are 0-7 SU with Trent Thornton when he went six-plus innings in his last start.

MONSTER TRENDS:

-- The Marlins are 5-0 SU as a road 170+ dog in the second game of a series when they were shut out in the first six innings of the series opener.

-- The Cubs are 8-0 SU with Jon Lester as a road favorite when their bullpen gave up runs in each of their last two games. Chicago won every game by multiple runs, and the average final score has been 7.75 runs to 1.75 runs.


Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)