Shy Saladino pitched a two-hitter with 16 strikeouts Sunday as the seventh-ranked Kirkwood Eagles nipped Ellsworth, 2-1, in eight innings in the first game of an ICCAC doubleheader at Kirkwood.

Sam Belz tossed a five-hitter with 11 strikeouts as the Eagles captured the second game, 7-4.

Saladino has a 12-0 record and 0.89 ERA this season. She has struck out 100 batters and walked only 11 in 78.1 innings.

Chasney Jenkins and Brittney Lash went 2-for-3 in the first game for Kirkwood. Lexi Quandt and Erin Weno had RBIs as the Eagles prevailed in extra innings.

Lash went 3-for-4 in the second game for Kirkwood. Alex Finn was 2-for-3 with an RBI and Jenkins was 2-for-2 with an RBI. Weno and Natalie Clark also drove in runs for the Eagles.

Kirkwood raised its records to 26-5 overall and 9-1 in the conference. Ellsworth fell to 5-8 overall and 4-6 in the league.