That got Bay United coach Brett Angell into overdrive from the dog box as the Finlay Milne-captained troops came close to finding the equaliser as the ball went begging on the far post of the right flank.
Lumbering Suburbs striker Osita Henry Chikere picked up a yellow card for his second studs-up reckless tackle but only after the crowd howled in protest at referee John Rowbury.
However, it was heart-in-the-mouth stuff in the 18th minute when Lovemore again slid through too easily in front of the goalmouth but his finishing left little to be desired as he drove it straight into Hill's hands from 8m out.
All hell broke loose in the 31st minute when Rowbury ruled a Suburbs defender had passed back to his goalkeeper, Michael O'Keeffe, who had picked up the ball but the defender had in fact simply trapped the ball inside the 18m box.
Rowbury deemed it a back pass, amid a warning from fourth official Anthony O'Riley to Suburbs coach Malcolm McPherson in the dog box, and awarded Bay United an indirect free kick from about 6m out on an oblique.
Bay United striker Saul Halpin's back-pass shot deflected off the defensive wall on the goal line and into the net or a 1-all despite O'Keeffe charging out.
More controversy followed in the 40th minute when keeper Hill slid in his 18m box but with his legs up to take out Chikere before getting his hands on the ball.
Rowbury rightly awarded a penalty kick which Moses Dyer deftly slotted into the net for Suburbs to lead 2-1.
However, the hosts weren't done before halftime. Halpin found the 2-all equaliser in the 43rd minute when he latched on to an unconvincingly cleared cornerkick from Cory Chettleburgh from 25m out to slot it into the left-hand corner to leave O'Keeffe grasping at thin air.
Suburbs players' minds must have been on the changing-room pep talk from McPherson as Milne crisply drilled another goal from inside the 18m box after another lethargic effort at clearing a cornerkick for a 3-2 lead into the second spell.
Five minutes into the second half, Kilkolly did superbly to work himself into the box from the left flank of the main grandstand side of the park but O'Keeffe was remarkable in thwarting him as well as two other foragers lurking in the danger zone with few black-and-yellow defenders in sight.
More commotion in the 56th minute when Chikere and Hill, both watching a cross as they were running in front of the goalmouth collided to halt the game for a few minutes but Rowbury warned the striker when it was obvious neither were guilty of malicious intent.
McPherson sensibly substituted already yellow-carded Chikere with Armin Pasagic when play resumed.
But Bay striker Sam Mason-Smith lifted the spirit of the Bluewater Stadium faithful in the 58th minute when he scored his first goal at home this summer as he toe-poked the ball from the acutest of angles with a defender and O'Keeffe trying to close him down, 4-2.
In the 65th minute, Bay striker Angus Kilkolly showed how self-less play yields dividends as he pushed Bay United to a 5-2 lead when he tapped the ball at the far post from a thwarted drive from rightback Martin Canales Ramos.
The move started on the left main grandstand flank when Halpin turned a pass to Ramos who flicked it wide to the opposite flank of the field for Kohei Matsumoto only to receive it and relay it back in scissors fashion to the 25-year-old Chilean striker-cum-defender.
In the 73rd minute, former Bay United captain Ross Haviland pulled it back to 5-3 from a head following cornerkick from Tristan Prattley.
But Suburbs' joy was short lived when Halpin struck the left upright before a series of passes amid calmness saw him lay it back for vice-captain Cory Chettleburgh to make it 6-3.
Three minutes of added time did not change the result.
