What a turnaround.

Twenty-four hours after getting blanked by Jim Thorpe and posting just four hits, the Tamaqua baseball team unleashed its frustration collectively against Panther Valley on Tuesday.A masterful one-hitter by Raiders pitcher Josh Inama, combined with a dozen hits from his offense, helped Tamaqua cruise to a 10-0 victory over the Panthers."Josh was great with his pitching," said Tamaqua head coach Jeff Reading of Inama, who struck out five. "He threw a heck of a game and had a no-hitter going in the fifth inning. It's like we were walking around, not mentioning anything. I'm glad for him and happy for us, it was a great game. Coming into the season, we lost Eddie Titus, who has pitched for us, and we have some guys dealing with things, so we're making use of the arms and getting the most out of what we can."The Raiders (3-3) started the party early when Daylon Barron, Casey Rother, and Thad Zuber all collected singles in the first inning, which resulted in Tamaqua posting two runs."It's good to see," Reading said. "I was disappointed in how it turned out (Monday against Jim Thorpe). But to bounce back today, and having games back-to-back, it's a nice thing to do that. We faced a similar pitcher as we did (Monday). We were able to put hits together, manufacture runs, and do things so much better. Everybody is pleased."Tamaqua ended up scoring in every inning. The loudest of the bunch was the fourth, when four Raiders crossed the plate. The two biggest cracks of the bat belonged to Thad Zuber and Isaiah Kupchinsky during the sequence. Zuber roped a single on the screws down the left-field line, which drove in a run, while Kupchinsky stretched out a triple, after an opposite field shot got past a diving Panthers' right-fielder.Casey Rother's sacrifice fly in the fifth inning ended the game at 10-0. Rother also crushed an opposite field RBI double off the right-center field wall in the second frame, missing a home run by a slim margin."We did things today, which we should have done yesterday," the Tamaqua coach said. "We were able to capitalize today. We were able to get those key hits when we had people on base, which is something we've been struggling to do."Meanwhile, the run support gave Inama all of the confidence and stability he needed. His no-hit bid was broken up by an Anthony Michalik single in the fifth inning."I thought he had real good stuff," said Panther Valley head coach Rich Evanko of Inama. "The one that Anthony (Michalik) hit was actually probably one of his better curve balls of the day. Josh (Inama) brought his good stuff. Mentally, we were just behind everything today. It just didn't look like we came to play today. Regardless, Josh was good and we would have had to come with our best to have an opportunity to compete there."GOOD START ... According to Reading, the pitching victory marked Inama's first varsity win of his career.MAKE OR BREAK ... Entering Monday, the Panthers (1-2) had six games scheduled across the next eight calendar days. "It's a quarter of our season," Evanko said. "We have four games over the next six days. It's going to be a challenge. I expect to build off of this game and use this as a steppingstone. The good thing about baseball is we can go right back at it. Pitching is going to be the key. We'll have to manage the pitch counts, and hopefully we can get some innings from guys that step up on the mound."Panther Vy. 000 00 - 0 1 3Tamaqua 221 41 - 10 12 0Miller and Goida; Inama and Rother. W - Inama. L - Miller.