FINAL: Love 5, Parkhurst 4

Hey legion fans. I'm here at Larry DeLutis Field for tonight's 7 p.m. match-up between Love Post and Parkhurst Post. Love is currently 3-7 and is coming off a tough loss last night, falling 6-5 to Fort Schuyler after giving up three runs in the bottom of the seventh. Parkhurst, who lost 6-4 to Whitestown last night, sits at 2-3, four games back of first-place Smith in the Blue Division.

I'll be here to provide live play-by-play updates throughout tonight's game as both teams try to get back on track after each dropping their last two games. Feel free to chime in with any thoughts, comments or questions in the "comment" section at the bottom of the page.

Starting lineups:
Parkhurst (2-3)
1. Mike Sreca, SS
2. Jeff Sergott, RF
3. Andy Munn, C
4. Dan Lounsbury, DH
5. Dan Barns, 3B
6. Eric Morrissette, CF
7. Jeff Weaver, 1B
8. Ryan O'Neil, 2B
9. Kevin Burr, LF
Pitcher: Brandon Jones, RHP

Love (3-7)
1. T.J. Mowers, LF
2. Mike Cobb, CF
3. Harry Campbell, SS
4. Tim Bailey, 1B
5. Jordan Mills, 2B
6. Billy Brosemer, C
7. Marty Candee, 3B
8. Scott Hughes, RF
9. Nick Winters, P
Pitcher: Nick Winters, RHP

Top 1st: T.J. Mowers grounded out to third for the first out. Mike Cobb popped out to the first baseman in foul territory for the second out. Harry Campbell hit a single just out of the reach of a stretched Dan Barns at third. Tim Bailey ripped a line-drive single to right that Campbell tried to reach third on. Right fielder Jeff Sergott fired to third, but his throw skipped away from Barns. Campbell raced home, but pitcher Brandon Jones, who was backing up Barns, picked it up and fired to catcher Andy Munn who tagged out Campbell for the third out. That's a 9-1-2 put-out for those of you keeping track at home.

Bottom 1st: Mike Sreca grounded back to the pitcher for the first out. Sergott drew a full-count walk. Munn hit a line-drive single to left, advancing Sergott to third. Dan Lounsburg brought home Sergott by grounding into a 6-4 fielder's choice for the second out. Parkhurst 1, Love 0. Lounsbury was caught stealing for the final out of the inning.

Parkhurst 1, Love 0

Top 2nd: Jones struck Jordan Mills out swinging for the first out. Billy Brosemer drew a one-out walk to put a runner on first for Love. Marty Candee grounded out to the second baseman for the second out (Brosemer went to second on the play). Scott Hughes struck out swinging for the third out, stranding Brosemer at second.

Bottom 2nd: Barns hit a hard ground out to Campbell at short for the first out. Eric Morrissette walked. Jeff Weaver singled to right-center field, putting runners on the corners with one out. Ryan O'Neil hit an RBI single to left field, plating Morrissette from third (runners on first and second, one out). Parkhurst 2, Love 0. Kevin Burr grounded out to first for the second out (runners on second and third, two outs). Sreca grounded out to Campbell to end the inning, stranding runners at second and third.

Parkhurst 2, Love 0

Top 3rd: Winters grounded out to O'Neil at second for the first out. Mowers walked and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Cobb reached on an error by Barns at third (the ball took a tough hop and bounced off his chest). Mowers snuck to third on the play (runners on first and third, one out). Campbell hit a blooper to shallow right field for an RBI single. Parkhurst 2, Love 1. Cobb went to third, beating the throw from Sergott in right. Campbell reached secound on the throw. Bailey struck out for the second out (runners on second and third, two outs). Mills flew out to Burr in left to end the inning.

Bottom 3rd: Sergott flew out to Cobb in center for the first out. Munn popped out to second on the first pitch he saw for the second out. Lounsbury flew out to Hughes in right on the next pitch to end the inning. Winters needed only five pitches to retire the side.

Parkhurst 2, Love 1

Top 4th: Jones picked up his fourth strike out by fanning Brosemer for the first out. Barns made a nice play at third on a high chopper by Candee as he snagged the ball and made an accurate running throw to record the second out. Hughes reached when Barns bobbled a soft grounder to third. Winters ripped a one-hop double off the left field fence. Hughes tried to score from first on the hit, but Burr made a good throw to Sreca who relayed it home to Munn to snag Hughes at the plate for the third out.

Bottom 4th: Barns grounded out to second for the first out. Morrissette was hit by a pitch and then stole second on the first pitch to Weaver. He advanced to third on a ground out to second by Weaver. O'Neil struck out looking for the inning's final out.

Parkhurst 2, Love 1

Top 5th: Mowers drew a four-pitch walk to lead off the inning (he's the first leadoff batter to reach in the game for Love). Mowers stole second, just beating Munn's throw on a close play. Cobb walked to put runners on first and second with no outs. Campbell singled to right and Mowers raced home trying to tie the game, but he was cut down at the plate on a perfect throw from Sergott in right (that's the third Love runner thrown out at the plate today). Campbell stole second and Cobb came home from third as Munn's throw was bobbled by the shortstop who was trying to cut it off. Love 2, Parkhurst 2. Bailey singled to center, moving Campbell to third. Bailey went to second when Morriessette throw sailed over the cutoff man (runners on second and third, one out). Cory Sprague came in to relieve Jones on the mound. Mills greeted Sprague by ripped a two-RBI single to left field. Love 4, Parkhurst 2. Mills advanced to second on the throw to the cutoff man. Brosemer popped out to third for the second out. Candee grounded out to Weaver at first for the third out.

Bottom 5th: Burr and Sreca hit back-to-back ground outs to Candee at third for the inning's first and second outs. Sergott roped a two-out single to left. Munn was hit by the first pitch he saw (runners on first and second, two outs). Lounsbury flew out to center on the next pitch for the third out.

Love 4, Parkhurst 2

Top 6th: Sprague got Hughes swinging for the first out. Winters drew a one-out walk. Mowers reached on an infield single. Winters, who was running on the pitch, went all the way to third (runners on first and third, one out). Cobb hit a sac fly to right, scoring Winters from third. Love 5, Parkhurst 2. Mowers went to second on the play when Munn followed Winters toward the dugout as he thought he never touched home - the home plate umpire disagreed and said he was safe. Campbell walked on a ball-four wild pitch. Mowers went to third on the wild throw (runners on first and third, two outs). Bailey flew out to left for the third out.

*Anthony Ripp replaced Hughes in right field for Love.

Bottom 6th: Barns led off with a deep, opposite-field double that landed just a few feet inside the left field line. Morrissette flew out to right for the first out, but Barns was tagging and advanced to third. Weaver struck out swinging for the second out. O'Neil ripped a two-out RBI single to right to plate Barns. Love 5, Parkhurst 3. Burr walked on four pitches (runners on first and second, two outs). Sreca flew out to right to end the inning.

Love 5, Parkhurst 3

Top 7th: Mills walked to lead off the inning. Brosemer flew out to center for the first out. Candee hit a grounder toward second base that hit the base runner, Mills, for a fielder's choice and the second out. Candee went to second on a wild pitch. Anthony Ripp walked (runners on first and second, two outs). Weaver came on to relieve Sprague. Sprague came out of the game and Lounsbury moved from DH to first (in place of Weaver). Weaver needed only one pitch to get Winters to fly out to center to end the inning and the threat.

*Parkhurst has its 2-3-4 hitters coming up, needing at least three runs to extend the game.

Bottom 7th: Sergott bombed a triple to deep center field to lead off. Harry Campbell came on to relieve Winters. Winters took Campbell's place at shortstop. Winters' final line: 6+ IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 K, 2BB, 2 HBP. Munn greeted Campbell with an RBI single to left. Love 5, Parkhurst 4. Lounsbury popped out to the Winters in shallow center field for the first out. Barns lined out to the left fielder for the second out. Morrissette grounded out to short to end the game.

FINAL: Love 5, Parkhurst 4