DAT 6/16: TEX (Lyles) @ HOU (CK) | 7:10 CT

As if the Rangers' spirits weren't crushed enough last night, the Astros send Cereal Killer to the mound tonight in the second of this 2-game series (h/t LSUGrad9295 for the correction). No truth to the rumor that the Astros dispatched Andre Scrubb and Joe Smith (neither is on the Astros active roster) over to the Rangers bullpen to finish the game last night, though Allie LaForce was spotted wearing a Rangers jersey at Minute Maid Park last night.

Jake Kaplan of The Athletic cited this fact last night: Jose Altuve's walk-off grand slam was the Astros' first in 10 years. The pride of Tulane University, Brian Bogusevic, hit the last one, on Aug. 16, 2011, against another hated Astros rival in blue, the Cubs. Altuve broke in that year, and he went 1-for-4 in that game. Anuery Rodriguez got the win for the last-place Astros and Carlos Marmol took the loss. Let's take a trip into the wayback machine, shitty colors, caps, pinstripe uniforms and all.

Bogusevic slams the Cubs in 2011

Tonight's Rangers starter, Jordan Lyles, was also in the Astros dugout that night (he did not pitch -- Brett Myers got the start), having broken into the big leagues that year against those same Cubs. He picked up a win in his big-league debut May 31, 2011, then didn't win again until four days (Aug. 20) after Bogusevic's walk-off slam. He finished that 2011 season 2-8 with a 5.36 ERA. Ten years later, as Vin Scully would say, he's come full circle: He's won 2 games so far this season, his ERA heading into tonight is 5.37 and he's pitching for a last-place team.

Lastly, frick the Rangers.