Diamond Trends for Sunday August 9

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SU Play ON Trend of the Day

Matchup: Toronto at Boston (1:35 p.m. ET)

-- The Red Sox are 11-0 SU since Jun 13, 2018 as a favorite in the series finale when their opponents starter has a strikeout-per-walk ratio less than 2 on the season.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day

Matchup: Cleveland at Chicago White Sox (7:08 p.m. ET)

-- The White Sox are 0-12 SU since Sep 12, 2012 in the last game of a series as a home dog when they won the last two games their starter started.

OU Total Trend of the Day

Matchup: L.A. Angels at Texas (2:35 p.m. ET)

-- The Rangers are 10-0 OU (4.35 ppg) since Sep 11, 2019 when they scored two or fewer runs for their starter in his last start.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day

Matchup: Colorado at Seattle (4:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Rockies are 0-9 SU since Aug 03, 2018 when German Marquez starts on the road when they won as an home favorite in his last start.

Twitter Submission of the Day

Matchup: Houston at Oakland (4:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Astros are 4-18 since the start of the 2019 season on the road when they are not more than -120 favorites.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)