Diamond Trends for Monday August 17

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SU Play ON Trend of the Day

Matchup: Chicago Cubs at St. Louis (5:15 p.m. ET)

-- The Cardinals are 10-0 SU since Aug 01, 2008 in a series opener at home with no rest off a road loss by 5+ runs.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day

Matchup: San Diego at Texas (9:05 p.m. ET)



-- The Padres are 0-9 SU since Jun 23, 2019 as a favorite off a road game in which they had 6 or fewer hits.

OU Trend of the Day

Matchup: Colorado at Houston (9:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Rockies are 0-16 OU (-3.41 ppg) since Aug 27, 2007 in a series opener as a road dog with no rest against a team that has won at least their last four games.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day

Matchup: Detroit at Chicago White Sox (8:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Tigers are 0-8 SU since Jun 24, 2018 when Matthew Boyd starts when he went fewer than 5 innings in his last start.


Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)