COLUMBIA, MO. • After what he’d later call Missouri’s worst played game of the season, baseball coach Steve Bieser woke up Saturday expecting a better effort from his 18th-ranked Tigers against Arkansas.
On Friday, the No. 24 Razorbacks wrecked MU’s 20-game winning streak with a 9-2 win. In their first loss since the Feb. 17 season opener, the Tigers rarely reflected the clutch-hitting, efficient-pitching team that cruised through five weeks unscathed.
That team reappeared Saturday at Taylor Stadium.
With a sixth-inning power surge and two strong outings on the mound, Mizzou reset its winning streak at one with a 7-2 victory to even the three-game series.