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After second consecutive troubling outing, do Rangers have a problem at closer?

Texas Rangers manager Chris Woodward is confident that Jose Leclerc will get back to form, but there will be some level of concern until he does. By

Jose Leclerc wanted a chance to redeem himself Wednesday night, roughly 24 hours after blowing his first save since last season and seeing his scoreless innings streak snapped at 25 1/3 frames.

That’s a closer for you, and that’s the mentality Texas Rangers manager Chris Woodward wants from Leclerc.

So, when he stepped on the mound again in the ninth inning with a four-run cushion in a non-save situation, he promptly allowed a leadoff single to Ildemaro Vargas.