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Lack of timely hitting dooms Missouri against Arkansas

Emil Lippe /Senior Staff Photographer

The Arkansas Razorbacks saw several different versions of Missouri senior ace pitcher Cheyenne Baxter this weekend.

On Friday, she was unhittable. Baxter threw a complete game shutout with eight strikeouts in the Tigers’ 1-0 win. On Saturday, however, the senior from Norborne, Missouri entered the game in the seventh inning with the Tigers leading 5-4 and let their lead slip away for a 6-5 loss.

“Well, Friday night she was great. Saturday, she didn’t show up,” coach Ehren Earleywine said after the series finale on Sunday. “And [Sunday] I think she was somewhere in between the two.