Speltz tosses two-hit shutout as Augustana sweeps Jamestown
JAMESTOWN, N. D. (Augustana) – Augustana used dominant pitching and timely offense to sweep Jamestown on Saturday afternoon at Trapper Field, opening the day with a 2-0 shutout before securing the series with an 8-0 victory in six innings.
Augustana 2, Jamestown 0 Teya Speltz delivered one of her strongest outings of the season in the opener, spinning a complete-game, two-hit shutout to lead the Vikings. Speltz struck out six and worked through four walks, consistently pitching out of traffic while keeping Jamestown off balance across all seven innings. After a quiet first two innings, Augustana broke through in the third.
Speltz helped jumpstart the offense with a leadoff single up the middle before advancing on a sacrifice bunt from Ella Cooper . With two outs, Desi Cuevas delivered, lining an RBI single to left field to plate Speltz and give the Vikings a 1-0 lead. The Vikings added to their lead in the fourth inning.
Kierra Lubovich reached on an infield error and moved into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt from Sidney Smart . Moments later, another Jamestown miscue allowed Stella Harber to reach and advance while Lubovich came around to score, extending the lead to 2-0. Speltz took it from there.
Jamestown threatened in the third inning with a pair of walks but Speltz recorded a strikeout to end the frame. In the fourth, she erased a leadoff single with a double play before settling into a rhythm over the final innings. She allowed just two hits total and did not surrender a runner past second base after the fourth inning.