Tamaqua starting pitcher Bailey Pedersen faced 18 Blue Mountain hitters Thursday afternoon.

The senior sent each one back to the dugout searching for answers.In what was arguably her most dominant performance yet, Pedersen tossed a perfect game to propel the Lady Raiders to a 10-0 Schuylkill League Division I six-inning victory over the Eagles."It means everything," Pedersen said afterward. "It means everything for the team. It means everything for the season. It's just awesome."Pedersen is certainly no stranger to success, as she moved to 12-1 with the win.And the dominant outing is one Tamaqua (13-3, 9-1) head coach Jillian Barron knows her ace has the ability to do every time she takes the ball."That performance is something Bailey's capable of every game," Barron said. "Even when she doesn't have to do it herself. But she was just on today, and pitched the way I know she knows how to pitch. It was nice to see."Pedersen started strong, striking out the first two batters of the game.Despite finishing with 11 punch-outs, Pedersen admitted to not feeling her best before she got in the circle."When I first went out and I was throwing my five warm-up pitches, I thought, 'I don't feel right today. I don't feel exactly as good as I usually do,'" she said. "But then I just found my groove afterward."I'm extremely skeptical, so I just kept telling myself to get the next out and not get too overconfident or too comfortable."Pedersen was backed by flawless fielding.The defense came up big in the top of the fourth when Cailyn Joseph robbed Blue Mountain's Jordan Skoff of what looked to be a home run, going up against the fence to bring the ball back and end the inning."I definitely have to thank Cailyn, she definitely saved me with that one," Pedersen said.Joseph (2-for-3, single, double) also opened the scoring for Tamaqua, bringing in Lynn Kistler with a sacrifice fly that also scored Courtney Hoffman (2-for-3, single, double) to give the Lady Raiders a 2-0 lead after the first inning.Tamaqua broke it open in the second, scoring five runs, as Joseph capped the inning with a two-run single that scored Hoffman and Brooke Zellner to make it 7-0.Miranda Chinchar's (2-for-4, single, double) RBI double in the fourth scored Hoffman and made it 8-0.Joseph collected her fourth RBI in the sixth inning when she drove in Abby Machay with double before Pedersen (3-for-4) ended it with a single to score Joseph.Madison Davis had an RBI groundout in the second and finished 2-for-3.While disappointed with the loss, Blue Mountain coach Gerry Kresge acknowledged his team faced a pitcher that was simply on top of her game."That was an excellent, well-pitched game," Kresge said. "She was spot-on."SWEEP. ... Thursday's win gave Tamaqua a regular season sweep of Blue Mountain (6-9, 4-6) after the Lady Raiders won the first meeting 5-0 on April 14.ROLLING. ... Tamaqua has now won seven straight league games and three in a row overall.Blue Mountain 000 000 - 0 0 3Tamaqua 250 102 - 10 13 0Schwartz, Gerace (2) and Skoff; Pedersen and Zellner. W - Pedersen. L - Schwartz.