The bruises will be prevalent. The pain was certainly evident. Yet while Summit was taking a physical beating Tuesday afternoon, it was the Storm who were delivering the hurt.

Trailing by a run in the top of the sixth inning, the visiting Storm did not record a hit but plated four runs. They benefited from two Bend High errors, two walks and three hit batters. Summit then added six runs in the seventh, on three hits, two Bend errors, three walks and yet another hit batter.

All told, in their 12-4 Intermountain Conference baseball win over the Class 5A No. 7-ranked Lava Bears, the Storm scored 10 unearned runs en route to a sixth straight victory.

“If you look at some of the errors they made, they’re typically guys who don’t make errors,” said Summit coach Richie Sexson. “So we can’t plan on them making errors. What we want to do when they do make errors is make it hurt, and that’s what we did today. That’s what you’re supposed to do.”

Summit (7-1 IMC, 7-7 overall) made the most of extra opportunities — including six hit-by-pitch base runners — as nine of its 12 runs were scored with two outs, including five in a six-run seventh inning.

“We thrive on big innings, on big momentum,” said Summit outfielder Sam Waterman, who had a double and four RBIs. “Just one hit can spark a big flame. That’s what happened today. We had a few hits that sparked a huge fire for us.”

Bend (3-1, 7-5) struck first as Cooper Simmonds laced an RBI single just over the glove of Storm third baseman Hayden Love in the bottom of the second inning, but the Lava Bears left the bases loaded to head to the third inning with a 1-0 lead.

In the third, Logan Peterson delivered the first of Summit’s nine runs with two outs as the senior belted an opposite-field double to right field, evening the score 1-1.

The defending IMC champion Lava Bears regained the edge in the home half, as Steve Talamantes smacked a run-scoring single through the left side of the infield. After Peterson again tied the game, with a solo home run to left-center field in the top of the fifth, Talamantes put the Bears back in front with a sacrifice fly to center to score Reese Gordon.

Then came the spark Summit had waited for.

Kincade Mickel drew a one-out walk, and Evan Scalley reached on an error. After pitcher Caden Mathisen induced a fly out in foul territory, the seams began unraveling for Bend. Another error allowed a run to come across to draw Summit even 3-3. Then, with the bases loaded and after Cole Frey entered the game in relief, Peterson was hit by a pitch, Wolf Meckem drew a four-pitch walk, and Waterman and Hank Tobias were plunked. A one-run advantage for Bend quickly became a 6-3 deficit as the game entered the bottom of the sixth.

The Lava Bears scored once in the home half, on a Marshall Davis single, but Summit responded with six runs in the top of the seventh inning to all but secure the IMC victory.

“We’re better than this abilitywise, and we’re better than this characterwise,” said Bend coach Kevin Cooper. “Hey, we’re teenage boys. We’ll get better and be better from this. The most frustrating thing — not the errors, not the hit by pitch — was how we reacted to adversity. But hey, we’ll be fine. The best thing about this sport is we get to play again tomorrow.”

Mathisen struck out five over 52⁄3 innings for the Lava Bears, allowing just two runs.

“He was an unbelievable battler,” Cooper said of his starting pitcher. “Just so proud of the way he competed. I hate the word ‘deserve,’ but he deserved better than what we gave him at the end.”

Talamantes finished with two hits and two RBIs for Bend, Davis had two hits and an RBI, and Gordon contributed two hits.

Peterson was 3-for-4 with three RBIs to lead Summit, Meckem had two hits and an RBI, and Dylan Ruhl earned the win after going 52⁄3 innings with four strikeouts.

The intracity rivals continue their three-game IMC set Wednesday at Summit, which has caught fire after losing seven of its first eight games.

“Losing can be kind of contagious, almost like a disease,” Sexson said. “We weren’t clicking on anything. We didn’t have timely hitting, we weren’t putting the ball in play there for a little while. Our pitchers were wild, we were walking a lot of guys. I’m just glad we got it out of our system. Hopefully we can keep this momentum going.”

— Reporter: 541-383-0307, glucas@bendbulletin.com