Clint Schumacher tripled to lead off the bottom of the seventh inning and scored the tie-breaking run on a bases-loaded walk, giving Bend High a 6-5 nonconference baseball victory Thursday over Aloha of Beaverton.

Freshman Isaac Markham pitched 41⁄3 innings of shutout relief and combined with starter Grant Newton on a five-hitter for the host Lava Bears, who improved to 3-2 with the win.

It was the first varsity appearance for Markham. The right-hander struck out seven batters while allowing three hits and no walks.

“He’s a young kid who came out and pitched with maturity today,” said Dan Weber, the Bend head coach. “He went right after ’em and showed what he can do. He did a great job.”

With the scored tied 5-5, Schumacher, a senior, opened the home half of the seventh inning with a drive to the center-field fence that left him at third base and the Warriors in a bind.

Aloha opted to walk the bases loaded to create a force-out situation. But the strategy backfired when Steven Barrett drew a base on balls on just four pitches, forcing Schumacher home with the game-ending run.

Bend took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on a two-run single by Evan Romaniak. Aloha, of the Class 6A Metro League, scored two runs in the second inning and three more in the third to take a 5-2 lead. But another single by Romaniak produced the Bears’ third run in the bottom of the third.

In the fourth, Bend tied the game with an RBI ground out by Markham and a two-out, run-scoring single by Kenny Norgaard.

The game remained deadlocked until Bend won it in the seventh.

The Lava Bears are off until next Thursday, when they open Class 5A Intermountain Conference play on the road against The Dalles-Wahtonka.