Rangers' reliever Jose Leclerc came up huge in Friday's win against the Astros.
The right-hander took over after a lead-off walk in the eighth and retired the side to preserve a 1-0 lead. It was a situation that previously may have freaked him out. Not anymore.
"Last year, if I was in the situation like [Friday night] I’d probably get nervous," said Leclerc, who has a 2.03 ERA and 18 strikeouts in 13 1/3 innings this season. "I didn’t know what I had to do and how I needed to do it.