Who Won The Annual Congressional Baseball Game?

The results are in for the annual Congressional Baseball Game!

On Wednesday evening, Republicans snagged their third consecutive victory.

Republicans defeated Democrats 16-6.

NOLA.com reports:

Republican congresspersons took their third win in a row Wednesday night in the annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity.

The GOP won 16-6 in the seven-inning game between Democratic and Republican congresspersons that raised $1.8 million for 44 charities in and around the D.C. area. The charity game takes place in the Major League Baseball stadium where the Washington Nationals play.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, who was clad in a LSU Tigers baseball uniform for practice, said Wednesday before the game that he expected about 23,000 fans to show up. Stadium administrators announced that 26,663 tickets were sold. Nationals Park seats about 41,300 people.

Here are highlights from the contest.

Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) rocked his signed Trump MAGA hat.

Republicans beat the Democrats 16-6 in the Congressional baseball game.

Greg Steube led the way with this rocket to center.

He was wearing a signed Trump MAGA hat all night.pic.twitter.com/NlVwiNi445

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) June 15, 2023

Rep. Steve Scalise leads off for the Republican team at tonight’s Congressional Baseball Game, six years to the day after Scalise and others were shot during a practice for the game. pic.twitter.com/88611xWR5h

— Josh Rosenthal (@JoshRosenthalTV) June 14, 2023

Play ball! ⚾️ Big win for Republicans at tonight’s Congressional Baseball Game for charity! pic.twitter.com/0ZfaVVRbcU

— Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) June 15, 2023

https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1669163650072866818

Republicans pulling out the power in tonight's Congressional baseball game at Nats Park. Rep. @gregsteube opens up the lead with a blast. pic.twitter.com/aXCy19QVJ8

— ForAmerica (@ForAmerica) June 15, 2023

Hey @GregSteube, nice hat! #CongressionalBaseballGame pic.twitter.com/zK4kBGxKmb

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) June 14, 2023

More people at the Congressional Baseball Game than regular Nats games pic.twitter.com/NwZPGx5CJh

— Barstool DMV (@Barstooldmv) June 15, 2023

As Wikipedia noted, Republicans extended their lead in the historic series.

As of the 2023 game, Republicans lead the series, 45–42–1. The official website of the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity seemingly does not count three of those Republican wins because its History page listed (in 2017, but before the 2017 game) the series record as 39–39–1 (in a blue, red, white, and black bar near the bottom of the page). However, the same page states—in reference to the Roll Call Trophy—that “[t]o date, 10 of these coveted trophies have been awarded, eight to the Republicans and two to the Democrats.” That statement indicates that the paragraphs of the History page were probably written after the 2002 game and before the 2005 game because the tenth trophy was awarded in 2002 and the eleventh trophy was awarded in 2005.

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The Republicans won their 35th game in 2002 and then won seven more games after that (in 2003 to 2008, plus 2016). As of 2002, the Democrats had won 32 games; from 2003 to 2016, the Democrats won seven more games, for 39 wins (as of the 2016 game). Although the series record outlined in the bar near the bottom of the page includes the Democrats’ seven wins between 2003 and 2016, the bar includes only four of the Republicans’ seven wins during that same period. Scores, locations, and other details of past games are available here to the extent they are known.

C-SPAN has footage of the entire game.