CLAREMORE, Okla. - The Rogers State University Hillcats registered a 7-1 win over the Northwest Missouri State University Bearcat baseball team in game one of a three-game series.

Rogers State (25-22 overall, 16-15 MIAA) put up nine runs and seven hits on Northwest starter Max Spitzmiller. Spitzmiller pitched his seventh complete game of the season as he fell to 6-7 overall. Northwest (18-26 overall, 12-19 MIAA) tallied eight hits, but managed to produce only one run.

The Hillcats got on the board with a single run in the third, before adding four runs in the fourth to up their lead to 5-0.

Jordan Peck drove in Northwest's only run of the day with a single right field in the sixth. Peck's single scored Caden Diel.

Rogers State put up two more runs in the eighth to lengthen its margin to 7-1.

Northwest and Rogers State will meet for game two on Saturday at 2 p.m.

NOTES: Drew Mackie went 2-for-5 ... Jordan Peck went 2-for-4 with an RBI ... Spitzmiller struck out two batters and walked three.