Lyles and Bumgarner are familiar foes. They first opposed each other almost exactly a decade ago, in August of 2011. Lyles' team won that one, a 7-5 win for Houston over SF. (Lyles was charged with 0 earned runs while Bumgarner gave up seven in total, six earned.) Much has changed in the world since that day and both starters are now veterans, pitching for struggling clubs. Still, I like Lyle's team to have the edge, once again. Texas finally snapped its skid yesterday. That will take some pressure off the Rangers today and should provide some positive momentum. Admittedly, Bumgarner has pitched pretty well his past couple of starts. Lyles has given up two or fewer earned runs in three of his past five starts too though. He went seven innings last time and has gone six or more in four of his past five. Yesterday, I noted that Ranger relievers had been much better at home than Arizona relievers have been on the road. (Here's what I said: "With neither starter going the distance, note that Arizona relievers have a combined 5.73 ERA on the road (30.8% save percentage) while Texas relievers have a combined 3.59 ERA at home.)" The Dbax are now just 12-41 on the road. Consider Texas.