The crowd at Thursday's non-league battle between the Des Moines East Scarlets (Des Moines, IA) and the visiting Marshalltown Bobcats (Marshalltown, IA), saw Des Moines East's baseball team gain a win over Marshalltown by a tally of 15-1.

The Scarlets (3-12) will now prepare for their battle against Fort Dodge (Fort Dodge, IA). The Dodgers enter the non-league battle with a 15-8 record. In their last battle, Fort Dodge prevailed over Ottumwa (Ottumwa, IA), 14-3, in a non-league battle.

Next, the Bobcats face the Ames Little Cyclones (Ames, IA) in a Alliance Conference - North battle, on Tuesday, June 24. Marshalltown will attempt to upgrade on its 6-15 season record.