By Benito Vila

 Tomorrow night the softball field in Mashashimuet Park will be lit on a Friday night for the first time in many years. The recent rains have washed away five nights of play, leading the Sag Harbor Mens’ Fastpitch Softball League to add an extra night of games to the schedule the next two weeks rather than a whole week of make-ups at the end of July.

The newly revised schedules can be collected at Conca D’Oro this afternoon. Should the rains ever stop, the league plans on completing all its regular season games July 28, opening its semi-final playoffs July 30 and its championship finals August 6.

Tonight’s schedule has league-leader and defending champion Sag Harbor Liquors hosting Pilinko Plumbing and Heating at 7 p.m., followed by Beyel Plumbing and Heating at Southampton Publick House at 8:45 p.m. Tomorrow, T&S Mott General Contracting takes on Beyel early with Decker’s Scrubs bumping up against Liquors late.

On Monday, the Scrubs meet Mott early with Liquors taking it to the Publick House late. On Tuesday the schedule has Pilinko playing a pair, hosting Beyel early and visting the Hysterical Society late. Next Wednesday, it’s Mott at Beyel and Decker at Liquors for the second time in the same week.

Standings and More

With rain canceling last Wednesday’s contests and doing the same to Tuesday’s, there were only four games played this week. Mott played two of the four, outlasting Pilinko 14-13 in eight innings last Thursday and sliding past Publick House 10-6 Monday.

Liquors humbled Hysterical late last Thursday in a one-sided affair and Decker did the same to Beyel on Monday. Those four outcomes leave Liquors in first at 9-1 with Mott second, at 8-2, and Decker third, at 7-3.

Those three teams have all but clinched playoff spots, with Pilinko, at 4-8, and the Publick House, at 3-7, closest behind, competing for the last berth. Beyel, at 2-6, and Hysterical, at 2-8, are still in the running with a whole lot of ground to make up.

Last night the Hysterical Society played two games, doubling up against Mott early and then Decker late.

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