Diamond Trends – Thursday

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SU Play ON Trend of the Day:

-- The Cardinals are 16-0 SU as a 130-plus favorite when playing a team that is behind them in the standings.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day:

-- The Giants are 0-17 SU in the last game of a series as a road dog after a one-run win as a road dog.

OU Trend of the Day:

-- The Blue Jays are 13-0 OU in the first game of a series with rest as a road dog off a road game in which they had fewer team-left-on-base than their opponent.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Nationals are 13-0 SU in franchise history with Stephen Strasburg on the road after August when he threw at least 75 pitches in his last start. In these thirteen starts, Strasburg has allowed an average of 1.08 runs and struck out an average of 8.23 batters in an average of 6.46 innings of work.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)