Amanti's arm looks OK

If there was a question about Waterford shortstop Mickey Amanti's arm, it was answered in the first inning.
Amanti, who experienced numbness in his throwing arm in Waterford's 8-6 win over Oakville earlier today, had to range to his right to get a ground ball by Joe Balowski of Berlin and threw across his body to get the runner.
A.J. Turnier put Berlin down in order in the first inning, but Berlin's 15-year-old southpaw starter Anthony Marzi did not do the same.
Ben Farina had a check-swing, infield single, but was out on a force play. Amanti reached on the force play and went to second on an errant throw. Pat Epps walked and Amanti scored when Simon reached on an error. Matt Tuneski then delivered two runs with a solid double to left field.
That gives Waterford a 3-0 lead going into the second inning.
The winner of tonight's game advances to the American Legion state tournament championship game Friday night here at Palmer Field in Middletown.