FORT DODGE — Eli Elsbecker’s two-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the eighth inning punctuated Fort Dodge’s 12-10 CIML Iowa Conference triumph over the Marshalltown baseball team here Wednesday night.

The second game, which Fort Dodge led 12-0 through two innings, was called off due to a lengthy lightning delay.

In the opener, Marshalltown jumped out to a 7-0 lead through three and a half innings before the host Dodgers rallied back to a 7-all tie. Both teams scored twice in the sixth and once in the seventh before Fort Dodge finished off the comeback with back-to-back hits in the home half of the eighth.

Tyler Schreier’s one-out single set the stage for Elsbecker’s game-winning blast, dealing the loss to relief pitcher Patrick Landeros. Marshalltown starter Tyler Dunham allowed just one run through four frames but couldn’t make it out of the fifth, allowing all seven runs (six earned) on 10 hits and one walk while striking out three.

MHS senior Brendan Bates hit a grand slam in the top of the first inning to help the Bobcats take a 5-0 lead right out of the gate. Dunham added a two-run single in the fourth to make it 7-0 Marshalltown before Fort Dodge fired back.

Dunham finished 3-for-5 at the plate with a run and three RBIs, while Bates was 2-for-5 with a run and four RBIs. Tyne Weeden went 2-for-3 with a run scored, and Landeros was 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and three runs scored. Leadoff batter Nick Rebik was 1-for-3 with an RBI and scored three times.

Fort Dodge outhit the Bobcats 16-11 in the opener, led by Elsbecker’s 5-for-5 performance that included a single, two doubles, a triple and the game-winning, walk-off home run. He hit for the cycle, scored three times and drove in five runs.

Marshalltown returns home to host Des Moines Lincoln in a 5 p.m. doubleheader today at the MHS diamond.