MARYVILLE, Mo. – The Northwest Missouri State baseball team had their seven game winning streak snapped Friday as Southwest Baptist was able to hit their way to a 16-8 victory.

SBU was able to get on the board early as they plated two runs in the top of the first and the top of the second to take a 4-0 lead.

Northwest answered with two runs of their in the bottom half of the second inning.

An error and a home run led to a three run third inning for SBU, putting them up 7-2.

Zac Ferreira and Garret Fort both knocked in RBIs in the bottom of the third to bring the score to 7-4.

SBU put up four runs in the top of the fifth inning, which Northwest answered by bringing in three runs of their own in the bottom half, as they trailed 11-7.

James Holler was able to scamper home in the seventh to bring his team within three, as they were down 11-8 heading into the final two innings.

A five run ninth inning for SBU seemed to put the game out of reach for Northwest who were unable to comeback in the bottom half of the inning as they fell, 16-8.

Austin Warren was tagged in the loss for Northwest, as he is now 1-2 on the season.

Baseball moves to 11-6, 8-3 on the season and will play games two and three of the four game series Saturday at Bearcat Field. First pitch in game one is scheduled for 1 p.m.