dying. my comment to you is isn't it true that theyha just change the law? you guys change the law to allow oxycodone to be prescribed for people under 12. is that true or is that falls? that is my question to you. >> i don't know the answer to that. i think that's between the doctor and the patient and i don't know that we have changed a law that allows that. the issue that we have is fentanyl is alk synthetic drug that i would say most people have never heard of it a few years ago. a lot of itop is coming in from china through the mail. we have been unable to stop it and again going back to her case in west michigan with one postal

inspector. so harmful that brief interaction with the can cause death with those high dosages. it's different than it was that's for sure. >> host: congressman fred upton republican admission appreciate your time this morning. >> guest: thank you. now on c-span2 air live in washington d.c. wearing just a little bit republicans and democrats will face off in the annual congressional baseball game. proceeds from the game go to benefit washington area charities including the united states capitol police memorial fund and gratitude to the officers who responded to the shooting at a republican practice a year ago today.

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>> they're all ready to go. they are pumped. they want to defeat the democrats tonight. they lost last year. >> it is going to be a tough feat to do. on the democrat side, lights out every time he's on the field. >> he's the pitcher, he's the three hitter, does everything for the democrats. he's expected to throw a complete game every time he's out there. they won six of the seven years he's played. they didn't win two years ago. you never know what we might see here tonight. >> a very competitive series and competitive game for sure. let's head up to jerome for the playing of our national anthem.

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[cheers and applause] >> the presentation of our colors and the national anthem as we're getting set for baseball here this evening at nationals park, republicans and the democrats, and guys, last year over 24,000 people here at this game because of the -- a lot of it because of what took place one year ago today. >> right. >> steve scalise and as dave mentioned all eyes will be on the field tonight when he takes the field. you can just imagine the excitement and the anticipation going through his mind, and we don't have to imagine that anymore because we had a chance to catch up with him earlier this week at the practice field. >> what does it feel like to be out here in uniform and, you

know, taking grounders and having, you know, a normal morning with these guys like you have done for years? >> it feels incredible just to be back out here. you know, this was something i love doing. obviously with what happened last year, couldn't make the game. i wondered if i would even be able to walk again. to be able to be back out here, obviously i'm not as mobile as i used to be but still might be one of the faster guys on the team. it is a lot of fun to be back and be a part of this team. >> what was the reception like? i know you came out a couple days ago and what was it like from your end to see how everybody reacted? >> it was an unbelievable warm feeling to have everybody welcome me back so warmly. it is a special feeling. i know how lucky i am to be alive and to be able to be back here and do this. it's just, you know, it gives you a special feeling.

>> i'm sure you have seen stuff from last year's game well out after the fact and been able to watch video and all that, but i heard you went out to the democratic practice yesterday to meet with them. what was that like? what was some of the conversations and just the reaction to seeing you out there? >> you know, right after the shooting, when the democrats were having their practice, they heard about the shooting, and they all came together and said a prayer, and i really thanked them for that. i appreciated that they, you know, that they wanted to -- were thinking about me and rooting for me, and at the beginning of the game, last year, they had a prayer at second base. they all wore lsu hats and that was really a nice tribute. i wanted to thank them and let them know that this was about coming together and helping local charities, but i just appreciated that they -- just shows what this game is all

about, just coming together and putting our party differences aside to do something good for local charities here in d.c. >> i know it's always been that. has it taken on a different tenor the last couple of years because of the national politics, because of everything that happened last year? do you think it's become maybe just more of a weight on the fact that it is that one bipartisan event? >> i think it is. you know, there's a heightened awareness about the game nationally, and i think that's a healthy thing, and also it gives us a real opportunity to show the country that for all the differences we have, which are real up here in washington, that the two parties can come together at least for one night and hopefully that builds something longer lasting. we build strong relationships between democrats and republicans through this game. i have really good friends on the democrat side that i would have never met if i didn't play in this game because we compete against each other real

aggressively on the field, but we get to know each other in a much stronger way. >> they get to know each other, but once they step on the field, they want to win the baseball game. we have seen that in the years we have been calling this game. what was the reaction on the field with him? i can imagine just the excitement of him being out there, just being on the field >> right, well, and i didn't know when i went to practice that he had any intention of actually playing in this game. i thought he was just out there, you know, for moral support, put the jersey on, be a part of the festivities, but, you know, he's still on a crutch, but he's absolutely planning to come out and actually play in this game. >> it will be exciting to see him as he takes the field as we have our ceremonial first pitch. >> they were both at the

practice. they were both shot. congressman was the headline especially as a ranking member, but there were capitol police officers shot. there were a number of people who were victims as part of that shooting a year ago today. >> and the republicans the home team here this evening. so they will be -- the democrats will be up first as we get a look at their lineup. >> yeah, leading off raul ruiz, aguilar batting second, playing short stop. there will be some switches in terms of their defensive positions. beware and bear with us. senator richmond as we profiled at the top will pitch and bat third. tim ryan, third base. chris murphy, the catcher in the sixth spot. seventh is joe donnelly the first baseman. left fielder. and ninth, playing right field. >> when you listen to the

republican side here, listen to those names closely, a number of them may not be back. several of them have tough reelections. and also some are retiring. long time manager will not be with them after this year, joe barton. >> as we get look at their defensive line up. >> one of those will be jeff flake out in center field today. rand paul in left. trent kelly nance third base. steve scalise starting at second base. mo brooks at first. rodney davis behind the plate and mark walker on the mound for the republicans. >> a perfect night for baseball here, guys. as we get settled in. a very first for the congressional baseball game as our friends at facebook. this is being broadcast facebook live at wtop and federal news radio. go to facebook.com/wtop news or facebook.com/federal news radio. c-span also taking the broadcast

here this evening and of course federal news radio. >> live on the radio, live on tv and live on the web. >> live on the web. >> and as the republicans take the field here, you can see scalise, he's still using a crutch. i mean he is not 100% recovered by any means. just because he's playing in this game, getting a helping hand out to his position at second base. he is going to start and play we think probably only for a little bit. it's more ceremonial than anything, but he is slated to lead off for the republicans in the bottom of the first. >> you can't imagine -- you can't imagine what that ovation is going to be like, dave, when he steps in the batter's box. >> absolutely. emotional moment building up here as it has been all year. this time last year the guy was fighting for his life. >> one year ago today. >> amazing. he gradually came back. finally came back to the hill to a great ovation on the house floor. now he's back to a very good place to be. he's not perfect yet.

he's got some walking problems. but the fact that he's simply here tonight is astounding. >> we talked to senator richmond as well this week at the last democratic practice. and he mentioned the day of the game, it was the day after the shooting, the very next day, and he went to the hospital and they didn't know at that point if scalise was going to make it. i mean he was in critical condition for a long time. >> yeah, absolutely >> and so this game last year was played under just an incredible sort of -- a unique -- not a cloud, but just a different vibe, and as we mentioned, nearly 25,000 people came out which i remember that beat a number of major league attendances that night. >> looking around the ballpark that night, the entire basically lower bowl filled with people. we had a perfect night. you're not going to get 25,000 but i still we'll still get a pretty good crowd tonight. mark walker is on the mound for

the republicans. last year walker gave up eight runs, only four of them earned in four innings of work, two walks and a strikeout. he gets to start here this evening. raul ruiz, dave, will be leading off. >> okay. >> for the democrats tonight. >> walker has started each of the last three years. >> yep. >> he's given them between four and five and a third innings every year. he's usually solid. there are obviously errors in this game. this is not the most airtight of defense as these guys play once a year, competitively and while they practice for a month or two ahead of time. it usually takes them an inning or two to get settled in. >> ruiz getting to set to step in the batter's box. mark walker on the hill. ruiz, california. walker into the line and we are underway the 2018 congressional baseball game and a ground ball to 2nd.

scalise throws him out at first, from his knees. the entire infield, the entire field goes over to congratulate him and give him a big hug, how about that for the very first pitch he gets the ground ball and throws out ruiz at first base. what a moment. the hug. >> if i didn't know better, you would think this was scripted. but i don't think those guys are capable of hitting a ball right at him. you could give them 100 tries off of, and he wouldn't hit the ball at scalise. >> he goes down to one knee, back hands it and throws it to first. ruiz congratulated him as well. everyone on the field went out and gave scalise a big hug. that's a good way to get started at 7:13 on a thursday night. >> first pitch is a strike on the inside corner. >> beautiful evening here in

downtown d.c. >> do we have the temperature by the way? >> it is 85 right now. >> it doesn't feel it. >> it is 85 with 28% humidity which sun heard of in summertime. -- which is unheard of in the summertime. >> that one went by scalise. aguilar rounded first, on his way to the second with the double, just out of the reach of scalise. aguilar the first base runner of the night. >> second with one out double. >> as i mentioned, this game tends to have some scoring early. these guys aren't waiting for pitches. aguilar has had a lot of production at the top of the lineup in this game. the democrats were three in the first last year after giving up two in the top half, never trailed the rest of the way on the way to win an 11-2 victory >> the plan b if richmond needs a break from the mound, aguilar says i hope i'm playing center field and my hope is never to take the mound. but if cedric needs a rest, we will see.

>> cedric is going to come out and help scalise off the field. he got a ground ball to start things off. he's coming out of the game to a huge ovation wearing a usa jersey. high fives from everybody as he crosses the first base bag towards the dugout. cedric richmond right there and scalise getting some help off the field. as we talk about the bond between richmond and scalise. >> fellow louisiana. won't die can't die spirit of his home state, everything they have been through the last 10, 15 years, the natural disasters, hurricanes, the oil spill and just that toughness, even though these guys are about as far apart as they can come on the political spectrum, they obviously understand and respect each other as human beings. >> scalise of course in his job as house whip does a lot of walking on the floor, trying to round up votes so he's probably had a full day already moving around before he even came here tonight >> here's richmond the starting

pitcher for the democrats, batting third here tonight. he will face walk we are a runner on second base. one out here in the top of the first. just underway from nationals park. the delivery high. >> i think that was a breaking ball that never broke. he kept waiting for it. it just hung up there and took it back wards. >> richmond two for four in last year's game with a triple. scored three times. two years ago he had a tough night on the mound, also 0 for 2 at the plate. >> couple of walks, which will happen. he will wait them out. he's up there looking to hit. >> 1-0 from walker inside corner. was that a fastball? >> that's a strike. >> you donn see this often in this game -- you don't see this often in this game. they are playing 25, 30 feet in front of the warning track. >> richmond has a baseball background which he talked about >> he does. he played at morehouse very fine in college. >> hits him on the wrist.

going to jog down to first. the runners at first and second now with one out. >> the credit to aguilar. we only have three years of stats moving backwards, but he's got at least a four game hitting streak. he's hit safely in each of the three coming in and he takes care of that right away with a one out double in the first. >> so first and second one out. here's tim ryan of ohio will bat now. as walker from the stretch overhand high and outside, ball one, 1 and 0. tim ryan going to play third tonight. >> the first inning of last year -- >> attempt at second, ball drops. aguilar back in at second. >> he's pretty good in the last game in the first inning, he got a hit with the bases loaded with two rbi's. has a chance to do some damage here against walker. as he stands in, the 1-0 from walker, runners taking their

lead from first and second, inside ball 2, 2 and 0. we will get into this throughout the evening, you need to tell our listeners and viewers about -- we talk about the competitive nature of this game and how they are friends off the field, some, but when they get here, they want to win. >> they do. >> 2 and 1. but we will get to your interactions with them on the hill and how they kind of conduct their business on a daily basis. >> looking forward to it. >> walker gets it from the stretch. the 2-1. popped him up, right side. did he catch it or drop it? ball drops. he's out. >> they ruled it out and the drop on the transfer. that was actually a really nice play. it looks like kevin brady took over for scalise. the umpire rules the out.

it was just out of pop infield fly range. it was on the transfer. he had it trapped against the mitt. when he went to pull it out, it dropped to the turf, but two outs first and second for the democrats >> no arguments there. >> jimmy pineta of california playing center field tonight. >> son of leon pineta, one time congressman. >> two outs here, top of the first, walker from the stretch, swing and a miss, high fastball, 0 and 1. >> last year's game, he came in as a pinch runner and scored a run. >> walker gets the sign from the stretch. foul ball to the right dougout, 0 and 2. -- dug out, 0 and 2. walker, a chance to get out of this inning here with no damage. >> being scoreless first, we don't see that very often in this game. >> no, we don't >> jimmy pineta was big in

wrestling, played fullback on his high school football team. not so much into baseball. >> the 0-2 on the inside corner caught him looking, strike three, inning over. nice little curve there from mark walker. >> as they limit the -- there's no damage. >> 2 on with 1 out for walker gets ryan to pop out and then gets pineta looking. to end the top of the first for the democrats. no runs. we got to the bottom of the 1st inning and our first chance to see the republican line up and to see cedric richmond take the mound. >> dave, last year when this -- after the incident with scalise, what has the last year kind of been like? we mentioned when he came back to the standing ovation and things like that, but has there been any difference? have you noticed anything different, i mean, as far as interaction between everybody? >> well, actually there's a lot

of interaction anyway. they ride the subway together. they kid each other. i see them on the elevator joking with each other. it's always been like that. they are hard core on the floor. steve scalise is a tough debater. for him it's been a slow road back. he has had to be careful about his schedule. he used a wheelchair for a long time. i think he still does to a certain extent. as you saw tonight, he came in for the first inning and that was pretty much it for him and probably will be. i don't know how much more his baseball prowess is going to be, how good it's going to be, but he's recovering. and the fact that he's around has been a boost for everybody. and i think maybe there's been a light of some cooperation. they are not as hard-line maybe as they were before he got shot. i think everybody had a chance to reflect onthat. you know, i just think the whole experience has changed the

congress. >> and we likely won't see too much more from scalise tonight. he was never a major participant as far as the baseball side of this one. he's been out here a number of years, but as we saw kevin brady take over for him, kevin brady is in fact about to step in the box to lead things off for the republicans. >> with a tremendous uniform. >> the texas lone star? is that texas rangers? i know he's worn a jeff bagwell jersey in the past. >> that's right, he has. >> brady can really hit. a lot of people play softball. we play softball. a lot of people can step in and, you know, exist in a softball game. but we're talking about a real, a real tough hand eye coordination sport in baseball and brady is easily the best hitter on the republican side. >> and he indeed played college baseball back in north dakota. he's from north dakota.

he's a transplant to texas. richmond into the line, the first pitch has some heat on it, down low, brady swings and misses. every year i'm always impressed how richmond takes the mound, first batter, doesn't mess around, right back up there, that's 0 and 2. >> he threw something like 130 pitches that first year, 17 strikeouts, 17 in the 21 outs by strikeouts. complete game shutout. he knows his arm can't take that anymore. he's happy to get guys on one pitch. >> right. >> he's happy to throw fewer pitches if he can. we've seen the last couple of years he got in trouble two years ago he threw 138 pitches, really struggled. last year he got through it in 114 for a complete game. i'm sure he'd be looking for a number in that range or even lower if possible. >> 2-2 in to the wind. ball outside, 3 and 2.

3-2, brady, richmond into the wind. strike 3. brady takes strike 3 looking. >> start the counter for richmond. that's one. he had eight last year as i mentioned, really kind of changed the dynamic of this game. with the 17 he had a few years ago. >> her's trent kelly. -- here's trent kelly, mississippi, wearing an ole miss jersey. >> he's in his first term in congress. on the energy and commerce

committee and the foreign relations committee. those are pretty good assignments when you are not playing baseball. >> richmond into the wind, foul ball back to the screen, 0 and 2 richmond quickly ahead of trent kelly, one out in the first. >> has played the game the last couple of years. didn't get back 2016. 0 for 1 with walk last year. still looking for first congressional baseball game hit. >> richmond into the wind, 0-2. high and outside. 1 and 2. trent kelly playing third base tonight to start things off. >> yeah, he is actually in his second term. armed services and ag. 1-2 off speed outside 2 and 2. >> richmond works very quickly as we have talked about a number of times. here's the 2-2. foul ball. in our direction. not even close to getting up this high. >> somebody got a baseball.

>> somebody got a souvenir. >> you get rare souvenirs in this game. >> so kelly, 2-2 count, 1 out here. richmond into the wind. here's the 2-2. low and outside. throwing some heat. 3 and 2. back-to-back full count, the first two batters of the game. >> yeah, three ball counts. those can add up when you get deeper in this game. >> here's the 3-2 outside. walks him. trent kelly aboard. that will bring up jeff flake from arizona. >> yeah, his last year -- >> we've got to get a pinch runner out there at first base for kelly. >> his last year, he's retiring. he took on president trump, and president trump took on him, and he decided it was probably time to get out of politics or at least senatorial politics. >> in his customary arizona diamondbacks jersey. jeff flake has worn every year.

as he takes a ball outside. >> flake was 0 for 2 last year but he had a really nice game two years ago, 2 for 3 with run on rbi, the republican win the only one they have won in the last seven years. >> exciting game, though. >> it was a great game. the democrats came back. i think they were down 6 nothing, 6-1 and came back to take the lead. >> yeah, richmond struggled. we couldn't believe what we were watching. >> he didn't finish that game. he didn't take the loss. he wasn't on the mound at the end. >> 2-0 down the line, third base side, but foul. 2 and 1. >> you do what you can. >> you can do it, trying to get past ryan down there at third. >> richmond steps off the mound. he's got the baseball now.

pitch out of the stretch here. bottom of the first, no score. 2-1 to flake. swing and a miss, strike two. >> flake grew up on a farm. he's from a large family. he said he got time off to practice baseball in school. that practice has paid off in a few of these games. left side of the batter's box, swing and a miss on some heat, losing his batting helmet and swings and misses, strike three, two outs. little late on that one. >> i know he said he was going to try to pitch to contact. >> cedric richmond, two strikeouts and a walk. >> that will bring up john to the plate, batting fourth. >> colleague of steve scalise, an lsu graduate if his third term. -- in his third term. right side of the batter's box,

richmond steps in. will go from the stretch and 0-1. 2 outs. swing and a foul back. 0 and 2. quickly ahead. richmond a chance to get out of the inning, full count, back-to-back batters. ended up walking kelly, getting flake to strike out. now he's got the dh behind 0 and 2 here, in the bottom of the first inning. decent crowd filing in. it is a perfect night. >> yeah it is filling up. >> comes 0-2 outside. runner goes, down to second. murphy tried to throw it down there, but a little too late. >> you see a fair amount of stolen bases in this game. the democrats actually at practice were talking about running all over the republican catcher -- catcher, but we didn't see anything in the first inning. we will see if they get more aggressive in the second. >> 1 and 2. bottom of the 1st, two outs,

runner at 2nd, richmond from the stretch, popped him up. ruiz out on second. and the catch. that's always a dangerous one. get the catch. that ends the bottom of the 1st inning. richmond gets out of it as the republicans leave a runner on, a walk and one left as we go to the top of the second inning. you're listening to congressional baseball game on federal news radio.

>> great crowd at nationals park as the democrat wills come to bat in the second inning. -- democrats will come to bat in the second inning. the designated hitter this evening to lead things off >> he is a very active member of debate on the rules committee. >> colorado rockies jersey. >> colorado guy. his campaign there were a number of pictures of him with the colorado rockies so it helped him get elected. i think he owes a debt of gratitude to them. they are doing very well in the western division this year >> there you go. >> he's happy about that. >> walk enter the line -- walker into the line, base hit to left field. short and third. second hit of the night for the democrats, lead off man aboard. >> a less than graceful running to first but no harm, no foul. [laughter] >> we're going to get a pinch runner down there at first, see

who it is. that's chris murphy, the catcher. he will bat second here this inning. from connecticut. what jersey is he wearing? >> he's wearing a hartford yard goat jersey. they renamed themselves a couple of years ago when they moved locations. >> walker from the stretch, low, ball gets away from davis and runner down to second base. going all the way, that is a stolen base, not a wild pitch. >> all right, if you say so. >> murphy has been very active -- >> do we have an official score? >> i think we are the official score. >> maybe zach is our official scorer tonight. although he's left us.

>> walker at 2-0. swing and a shot towards right. it's not going to get past. brady at second. looked like it was going a little further than that, but he brings it in for the first out of the inning. >> good second base defense today. third out already on a little fly ball, having to range back over your shoulder, not the easiest play. >> so 1 out. joe donnelly, indiana. >> indiana guy, yeah. >> swing at the first pitch, right back to walker, but he can't come up with it. past duncan in the center field. a run is going to come on the score. the first of this congressional baseball. it is 1-nothing, democrats. >> and the defense will get you. you've got to limit that to the single. the short stop duncan, comes around to score. >> we're going to call that a single with an error? or are we going to call it a

single all the way? >> it is a single with an error because he pulled up at third. he doesn't get the rbi. >> you're right. >> run either way, 1-nothing. >> 1-nothing, democrats. >> now walker with one out. foul back back to the screen. 0 and 1. another pinch runner at first. didn't really hear --. 1-nothing, democrats lead. a strike in the outside corner, and the runner down to second base. another stolen base. they are running all over davis here tonight.

>> i think that might be jeffries out there. >> cyclones jersey, i like that. >> another hometown minor league representation. >> 0-2. foul back to the screen. >> jeffries will take the place in left field. he will be the defensive left fielder in this game just to make things that much more confusing for those of you following along at home >> or trying to keep your score books like we are. so jeffries at second. walker from the stretch. the 0-2 to tom. >> foul ball down the right side. out of play. not out of play, we will call it a drop. >> i don't know how many layouts we're going to see, how many full extension to make a catch

plays we will see tonight. >> the 0-2. >> jeffries away from second. walker into the stretch. swing and a miss. strike 3. ball gets away from davis, but tom doesn't run. he tags him. that is the second out of the inning. >> second out and second strikeout for mark walker. >> he played in these games but hasn't got a lot of at bats recently. he walked last year. scored a run two years ago. >> i believe he doesn't have a batting average, does he? >> not over the last -- >> your total stats here, i see zeros. >> one plate appearance, one

walk. >> and a ball to start things off, walker in the stretch, jeffreys in the second, 1-nothing democrats here, in the top of the second. walker steps up. >> from the stretch, swing and a foul back to the screen. 1 an 1. -- 1 and 1. >> perlmutter is in his sixth term. when he's not playing baseball, he's on the financial services committee, the high rolling guys, and he blends it with science based. >> the ball high, 2 and 1. >> he's got a law degree from

university of colorado. >> here's the 2-1 and shot down the right field line. that's going to be a base hit. jeffreys is going to round third. and he's going to score. is there going to be a throw? no throw. 2-nothing, democrats on the base hit from perlmutter and the rbi. >> good aggressive two out base running. no hesitation there in sending jeffries around third and scoring without a throw from brady. >> you know, it is interesting when the democrats do something well, there's a big cheer from the left side of the stands. and on the right side it seems like that's where the republicans are, which is just like the way it is on the house floor. >> that's right. for those who aren't familiar with the game, that is intentional. they sell tickets by party to either side of the ballpark. >> okay. >> first pitch to ruiz, down to third, kelly up with it and throw to first, he got him. nice play third there by kelly

to ruiz at first and bring to an end the top of the second inning. two runs across for the democrats. on two hits. and run left as we go to the bottom of the second inning now. it is 1-nothing democrats. >> for those of you watching us on facebook live tonight, you can donate to the cause by clicking that button in the lower right hand corner of this very video. everything will go to the fund-raising effort for the congressional baseball charity. all the amazing organizations they support. we can see your comments as well, by the way. >> is that a good thing? >> as we're sitting here on the air. people from both sides putting in their cheers. >> many of them don't really have a formal affiliation with

baseball, college or high school. a number do, but many don't. they just took to playing the game here in many cases. and hopefully they have improved with each game. >> we've seen a lot of repeat players, a lot of players coming back. >> yeah. >> we talked about this last year, george. you know, the level of competition feels like it's gotten better, gotten a little bit cleaner. >> the first time we did this four years ago, it was pretty sloppy. i think we have talked about it each year. the democrats comeback two years ago and then the walk off by the republicans, the democrats were on their way to being blown out of this thing, they came back, and the republicans ended up winning it. last year a very well pitched game as well as we say that a lot from richmond. >> the republicans scored 2 at top of the first. right off the bat it looked like they will be it. democrats came with 3 in the

bottom half and kind of put that one away. it will be interesting to see if this stays close in the later innings. >> rodney davis will lead off and take a strike from richmond here in the bottom of the second. >> he's in his third term. lsu guy. 0-1 from richmond inside, almost hit him. >> tried to throw that out but didn't get the call. >> 1 and 1. richmond working very fast. it appeared to be a little low, 2 and 1. davis the catcher tonight -- catcher tonight for the republicans. richmond quickly back into the wind. the 2-1. 3 and 1. and davis just looking at his picture they put up on the score board, it looks like a ballplayer. >> he's had hits in two of the last three years off of richmond. 3-1, ground ball to third, scooped up by ryan. plenty of time.

is he going to make the throw across the diamond? he does to retire davis, one away. very clean play. got some metal on it too. >> that thing was hit hard, hit right at the third baseman, and a good job after losing his footing there for a quick second, taking his time and firing a strike to first. >> that will bring up the first baseman mo brooks, alabama, make his first at bat tonight. brooks didn't play last year. he's in his fourth term, serves on the armed services and foreign affairs committees. >> takes the ball low, 1 and 1. >> i have to know, do you have any sort of interaction with these guys? any talk about the baseball game? >> not too much about the

baseball game. it's usually the time is limited, and they have to limit it to the bills that are on the air. but you pick up comments from staff and other people around, and for many people on the hill, this is a big deal. >> that one off the plate, nice little hop for richmond. he makes the easy throw to first and two quick outs here in the bottom of the second. >> that will bring up the right fielder, from the second district in ohio, playing the outfield. last year had a walk. wearing a number 2 jersey. can't see the front of that jersey. but he will bat here with two outs. richmond quickly behind 2 and 0. >> looks like cincinnati lettering but i can't tell. >> yeah.

>> 3 and 0, richmond working very fast here, ball outside. >> richmond back, into the wind, 3-0, ball outside, walked him on four straight pitches. >> he's in his third term, puts time at the armed services committee. >> talking about facebook, some of the comments on facebook live, what are the charities supported? and some of those charities are the washington literacy center, boys and girls club of greater washington and the washington nationals dream foundation. >> we do have a pinch runner here for the republicans. she also plays in the softball game. we don't see a ton of women who participate in this game. linda sanchez is the main stay for the democrats. but she hurt her wrist, and she is not going to be playing in this game. she's been out at practice, but she will not make her customary

late game pinch hitting appearance. >> which is one of the best moments in this game as jeff duncan bats now and is count one and two from richmond. and runner at first. strike three call to the inside corner. duncan goes down. didn't waste any time. didn't want to risk any more damage as he gets duncan looking to end the second inning. we go to the third here at nationals park. democrats 2. republicans nothing. you are listening to the congressional baseball game on federal news radio.

>> back here at nationals park congressional baseball game in full swing. 2-nothing democrats as we go to the top of the third inning. mark walker back to the hill. good crowd filing in here tonight. i mean, you know, we talked about you're not going to get the 25,000 but you look around

this ballpark, i mean a lot of sections in this lower bowl are full, even in the outfield and even out there in center field. >> it looks like people are still filing in honestly. you know, it is a weeknight. and it's only 7:45. a lot of people getting off work late, rolling down here. >> i predicted there would be about 15,000. but i may be a little bit -- maybe a little under that, but who knows. >> you never know. >> last year we saw the fans just kept streaming in here. >> what's capacity here at nationals park? >> 41 -- >> 42, something in that range. obviously we don't, you know, we don't fill the upper bowl here for this game. there's some suites like the one we're coming to you from, but it is mostly just down in the lower bowl. >> pete aguilar to lead things off for the democrats top of the third. walker into the stretch, outside

ball one. aguilar, california, dave. walker now back to the rubber. into the wind. the 1-0 to pete aguilar. ball low. 2 and 0 to aguilar. walker into the wind. ball high. 3 and 0. walker quickly falling behind aguilar here at 3 and 0, top of the third inning, already behind, 2-nothing. into the stretch, the 3-0 low and outside, ball 4. he walks aguilar will jog to the first. >> walker living up to or down

to his name there. he does struggle with commands sometimes. only two walks in last year's game, but four the year before that. it will be interesting to see how deep he goes in this game. they were quicker to go to the bullpen last year than they had in year's past. over 100 pitches in 2016 and 2015 but only 52 pitches last year. >> here comes cedric richmond who was hit by a pitch in the first inning. >> this guy is a double threat, triple threat? >> oh yeah. >> plays everything well. >> and he will run when he gets on the bases. >> yeah. last year or two years ago he was at third and two pitches; right? >> yeah. >> the 1-0 from walker to richmond. walker steps back, brady in shallow at second.

duncan not really -- short. here's the thing, you are not going to double up richmond. >> a lot of room on the right side. i think they are just looking for the force out. >> ball outside, called a strike. aguilar down to second. that was a stolen base. >> richmond was letting that one go either way. he let him go. >> walker has richmond at 1-1. aguilar takes the lead from second. walker into the stretch. lots of room on that right side. high and tight, richmond backs out of the way. that's the second time -- the third time they have come up and in on him. hit him one of the times in his first at bat. >> clearly trying not to give him anything that he can drive here. we can see some action already going in the republican bullpen, down the right field line.

>> ball outside. aguilar down to third. he steals third. second and third. aguilar quickly down to third. and richmond ahead 3-1. and i guess you see action in the bullpen because let's face it, you give richmond -- he doesn't need that many -- much of run support; right? >> yeah, you can't let it get away from you. >> right. >> richmond is in his fourth term. he's been in congress as long as we've been doing these games. >> 3-1 pitch to richmond. base hit. aguilar will come into score. the third run of the game for the democrats. he swung that and then tossed his bat, jogged down to first, like a professional. aguilar comes in to score, 3-nothing, richmond with the rbi. >> he's driven in more than he's allowed right now which is never a good sign for the republicans. >> no it's not.

that will bring up third baseman tim ryan to the plate, popped up to second base. his first time. richmo richmond, there he goes on the first pitch. davis is going to try and throw down to second. he makes the throw, not even close. richmond goes in standing up. how many pitches do you give him till third? one or two? >> this one. >> let's check in with our official scorer, zack. by the way, richmond is hands on his hip, starting walking towards third. he doesn't go. ryan swings and fouls one back. looked like he was going to go. his hands on his hips and started walking. >> eighth term. from ohio. when he's not here, he's on the appropriations committee. which is where a lot of the action is right now in congress, on the house side, as they try to get a spending bill going for the new year. >> the 0-2 -- bat to left field hardest hit ball we have seen

all night. richmond is coming around third. no throw. he will score easily and tim ryan drives in the fourth democrat run of the night. 4-nothing as richmond crosses the plate. >> richmond's a star but ryan can really hit. we have seen that pretty much every year from him. big guy, can really pull the ball. both those last two balls have been hammered, and that looks like it might be it for mark walker. >> see the end of mark walker's evening. going to the bullpen. has there been a move made? still huddling at the mound. >> i see somebody emerging from the gate. >> and the battle's on the hill -- >> no, maybe not. >> walker's a very active member of the freedom caucus. stalwart bunch of guys and gals who have distinct ideas and

have -- in proportion of their numbers, they have a lot of pressure. >> jimmy pineta the batter, fouls it in the crowd to right. tim ryan was off and running on that first pitch. >> i think they have spotted something here. >> as i mentioned at practice they said they were going to run until they gave them a reason not to. they certainly have in the last couple innings here. >> jimmy pineta's father, leon when he was a congressman played in this game. they are both from california. leon started out as a republican and then switched parties at some point, always ran for office as a democrat. strike on the outside. and ryan takes off stealing second that time. successfully. he's all of a sudden in scoring position. as panetta behind 0-2 with nobody out >> that's the sixth stolen base already in less than three innings for the democrats.

>> six? >> sixth for this inning. >> walker into the stretch. ryan takes his lead from second. 1-2 to jimmy panetta, off speed high, ball 2, 2 and 2. keeping an eye on tim ryan at second, into the stretch, the 2-2 fouled back to the screen. he will do it again. >> beautiful weather for a game tonight. it was warm today. but not too humid, as the shadows lengthen, beginning to feel a breeze. or maybe that's the blowback from the crowd or maybe it's the air-conditioning, i don't know. [laughter] >> it feels good. >> either way it feels good. there's the 2-2. bouncer pass, brady at second. into right field. tim ryan coming home. the throw is going to be cut off

by walker. and ryan scores at 5-nothing democrats. >> walk, single, single, single, four stolen bases, nobody out yet in this inning. >> three straight rbi singles and still nobody out. >> walker is looking back to the bullpen saying anybody out there? anybody? >> no. >> rockies jersey will bat now, singled to left his first time up. swinging and sends a fly ball to left center. flake under it, makes the catch as he calls off for the first out. that's the second time he goes up there hitting on the first pitch but getting good swings. >> walker will be happy to get an out of that. >> yeah. >> the ball was hit hard but got underneath it. got double barrel action going

now in the republican bullpen. and chris murphy steps in and takes strike one on the outside corner. 5-nothing democrats. runner at first with one out here in the top of the third. >> chris murphy, the catcher stands in, walker from the stretch. and panetta running but it's fouled. >> murphy went to williams college. i'm not sure that he played varsity baseball there. >> while we have a chance here, let's ten seconds for station identification. listening to the congressional baseball game on federal news radio.

>> george and dave and noah here from our broadcast booth on the third base side of nationals park as chris murphy stands in for a 5-nothing lead for the democrats. 0-2, walker into the stretch. the 0-2 outside. ball 3 and panetta down to second base. did he stop running? >> he realized the ball was on its way and went into a full belly flop to second base. >> the seventh stolen base. of the night for the democrats. 1 and 2. now to chris murphy and panetta back in scoring position. walker from the stretch. here's the 1-2 off speed swing by murphy and pops it up. brady under it at second base, makes the catch for the second out of the inning. >> went chasing a little bit there, but you will see these guys swing out of the strike zone. >> let's check in with our

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>> one of the better players in this game do not have a hit last year you have to make that catch. will thermal's experience in the game. they wanted to gets by murphy.

>> the runner is in scoring position, the first time all night. >> i believe that is correct. >> they had a walk in a stolen base in the first. kelly was stranded at second. >> here comes the 2 - 2. he's not to cause trouble just yet. he's trying to get brady to chase something. this is probably the best picture, hitter matchup. >> the runner comes down and the ball bounces all the way out to the third-base dugout. that's before murphy can pick it up.

two men on, nobody out. >> to out pitches. they're having a little meeting at the mount. we have the new rules and baseball about mound visits. have we seen any mounded rules here? >> i think it's just are we going to try to throw to second if somebody tries to steal or do we just eat it and deal with the runner advancing? >> this is where richmond isles in. right back to the stretch. runners in the corners and throwing heat outside, ball one. >> he has the regular at-bats and then he dials it back up.

>> richmond is back to work. back down to third as ryan fields and throws it into right three field. they had a chance to get the runner at second. the ball comes back to the infield. it will be tagged out at first. on the way around second, it must have been a pinch runner. stumbled around second and fell down. tried to regain balance. they went to get the ball into third-base and throw him out. the ball comes in for the relay and he is out at third. a run scores. limited damage there for richmond. it is 5 - 1 with one out. they try to make a one-handed

catch but that ended up being if they would've gotten to second. i guess it all worked out in the end. >> a good performance by blake and the nights extra thing for his career. >> i think we have seen more souvenirs tonight than i have seen. that is seven or eight. they're attacking. they are swinging the bat. >> a lot of action tonight. >> on facebook they want to know if any rhode islanders are playing. i'll turn to the, for that. >> i do not see any rhode islanders playing tonight. the rhode island, the house and

senate as far as i can tell has not been in this game. they're not playing this year. i have not seen much presence of rhode islanders in this game for a while. >> jack reed 51 democrats lead a beautiful night fo for a game. >> it's a very good crowd here tonight. here comes a 2 - 2. here in the outfield and you can get a sense of its on our cameras. even down the right side.

>> there's fans all the way out past the visiting bullpen. >> here is the 2 - 2. it's a second too late. the republicans now have runners on first and second with one out. that's a base hit. >> blake is on first and richmond is quickly back to work.

>> he gave steve scalise first aid last year. one of the many heroes of that day. that was just a year ago. >> there quickly behind zero and two. it's a second out of the inning. richmond brings him out. that is the fourth strikeout of the night. without the baserunning blunders it could turn into a big inning. richmond can turn it around if they can get through rodney davis. another facebook question. are the empires, pep boys, and bat boy's independence? >> that is to say are they

members of congress or not? that's a good question. let me talk to my sources and come up with a good answer. >> ronnie davis is the catcher and takes a ball. they go back to work, the second offering. 5 - 1 the democrats lead. we have a host of people put in the broadcast on tonight. as richmond with the two and zero. richmond is now one pitch away from loading the bases with two outs and bringing mel brooks to the plate. here is the three and zero. that is low, ball four. our first critical spot in this game, bases loaded with two outs. the pinch runner is going out there.

davis kenna shoved him off and said no one staying in the game to run. it's going to be mike bishop who will pinch-hit. no swing. >> bishop is playing for the third year in a row. he had a hit and an rbi two years ago. freshman at the university of michigan. he played in last year's congressional football game. that is when members of congress play the capital police. that's a game we need to broadcast. >> that is a flag football game. here's the two and one, ball

three. kelly is at third, blake at second and davis at first. richmond is behind 3 - 1. as you notice, the entire republican is standing. there 3 - 1 pitches popped up. donnelly makes the catch. that was close. >> that was just in time. >> that retires the side. richmond gives him a pat on the back to say thanks for not drop in that. there's one run across the democrats have a 5 - 1 lead. your listening to the baseball game on federal news radio.

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>> he is not pitched in the pa past. >> outside for about one they been consistent for the republicans. they're going to new direction this year. two and zero. >> i heard rumors there might be a lefty in the bullpen this ye year. >> dave can you pitch? >> i was usually in centerfield. a good hitter but not a great fielder. >> 's going over for an easy play.

one out. >> were you centerfielder? >> i stayed as far away from the hitters as i can. i even caught the ball sometimes. >> are you ready for this? where going back to facebook. joey wants to know, are there any new yorkers playing in the game? >> i believe the answer is yes, don't you? >> it should be. >> jeffries is one of on. we haven't seen joe crowley up at he's on the team. >> he always wears the mets jersey. he's a congressman from queens. strike one. >> for the damage you have

california, colorado, connecticut, indiana. jeffries is it. he is the new yorker. >> with the accent as well. >> he falls it behind the dugout. it is it to into. top of the fourth inning, almost halfway through. the democrats are leading the republicans 5 - 1. thank you for joining us, we are live from national park. the 57th annual congressional baseball game. were going to clear up somethi something. tony swings and pops it up. they make the catch and there are two outs. >> were calling it the 57th annual game. this game has been annual,

biannual, it has taken breaks, at one time it was a media versus congress game. the teens were not democrats and republicans. it existed in many different forms over the years. on the old tally they were missing three republican wins dating back to 1909. we added those back in the official house record has it at democrats 40 and republicans at 42 winds. one game was called after nine innings. we only play seven innings. that change things moving forward. that is our official record now. this reestablishes an annual

tradition. >> the batter zero for two on the night. ahead to and zero. a two and zero offering. now it is two and one. a new picture for the republicans. we will get the final pitching line in a moment. side corner, strike two. last time he had a single the first time at bat, then stole second base and scored his first run.

>> three and two, two outs. the three into pitch. holds the bat up high, ball for outside. he walked him. a to out walk. he jots down to first. >> he's in his third term. he is from california's 36 district. >> if anybody has an accident tonight, he is a physician. >> and right on cue he's running. he is safe. that is the closest we've seen. davis with a gun down to second.

>> he gave himself a chance to get thrown out because he did not touch the bag until his backhand came through. that was a good replay there. >> he just barely beat that throw. >> final pitch you can check me on this, three innings five runs, a walk in two strikeouts. how does that sound too? >> that sounds great. i will not to double check you on that. >> aguilar is a third term or. i california guy. he works on the appropriations committee. he is ahead to make - 1 top of the fourth with two outs. they're taunting a little bit

off of second. did they call it a strike? >> he's checking it. >> yes, 2 - 2. the scoreboard is wrong. >> a big lead off of second. we see your facebook question and will get back to you in one second. noah has a question on facebook. a three in one count. the sidearm and sends one into left field. they don't make the catch, he's

around third and will score easily. regular into second with a standup double and it is 6 - 1 for the democrats. >> two doubles and a walk for a regular. he is threatening for player of the game. >> i was just going to say that. >> that will bring up cedric wilson now. >> i think they are going to walk in. >> yes. >> are we going major league rules that you don't actually have to throw the pitches? >> he looks disgusted. he looked over at the dugout and

look disgusted as he goes down to first. >> i get this. i understand. but ryan is no cakewalk. this could backfire with two outs. the pitch gets behind davis. and richmond is down to second and a qr to third. >> regular took a big round around third. the picture came about 30 feet down the line. second and third with two outs. >> there is a 6 - 1 lead. >> riley's weekly meditation sessions. maybe that is helping him here. >> i like that. baseball is as much a mind game as it is a physical game.

when you do stuff like that it probably pays off. >> yogi bear said 90% of the game is mental. >> here's the two and zero to ryan. ball three. ohio congressman. he had a single rbi and popped up to second. here's the swing through the whole on the right side. now another rbi is regular comes into score, a two run score. it is not 8 - 1. the democrats are blowing it wide open. >> that's why you don't intentionally walk with two outs. could've been over with no damage done instead, it is 8 - 1. >> remember there were two outs before the we strew the walk.

>> panetta stands in. he drove in a run and first pitch swinging. another base hit for panetta. the second of the night. ryan goes down to second. >> this is definitely not the game that joe wanted. >> that is for democrats with two hits and we are in the fourth inning. >> the republicans were in the doldrums in the 30s, 40s, 50s until they took back the house in 1994. during that time many times they did win that game. that's the one good thing the republicans could talk about throughout the year.

now the republicans ruled the roost on the hill and the democrats have started winning. >> the longest winning streak was in the 60s and 70s. as the republicans what was first it was six of 11 years. >> in the 60s and 70s republicans were in the minority. >> derek was up there swinging the first couple of bats he singled to left. he is one for two and takes a strike. 8 - 1. >> there is a swing and a pop up. he missed it. he just missed the ball. tim ryan comes around to score. the ninth run of the night for the democrats. >> the runner was holding up

first. this inning keeps going democrats have put a two, three and four in consecutive innings. >> who do they have in place. >> we have seen three pictures for the republicans over the past couple of years there is nobody up and warming right now. they had double barrel action earlier. the bullpen is quiet with what appears to be his ending to finish. >> i saw john earlier today he did not have a tie on. but maybe he was getting ready for tonight. >> here senator chris murphy. we have a pinch runner on first, do not catch you that was. a two-out rally, ball outside.

9 - 1 the democrats lead in the top of the fourth. two outs. now to on. here is the two and zero. ball outside, three and zero. panetta is down to third. >> pat murphy as a rising star in the democratic party. he's active in issues like gun control. >> here's the three and zero. ball four. that will load the bases. someone asks earlier about linda sanchez. she is here and in uniform. she is hard to miss. she always wears the roman numeral nine. and that's for title ix. she's on the dugout rail. >> joe donnelly gets hit, right

in the back. that brings home another run. now it's on. a toughening for buck with two outs. panetta comes into score. >> what uniform does linda usually wear? >> she mixes up what it is. some high school, college, a dodgers uniform before. it always has the roman numeral nine on the back. >> will have a pinch runner for donnelly. we were talking about linda sanchez. she will not play tonight. one of the things she has to is part of the team is open the

door for more women to play. >> daniel will penchant. he's succeeding his uncle dale for that house seat in michigan. an active baseball player mainly in the intramural and that kind of stuff. bases-loaded for the democrats. already five across. >> is the democrats come around, all of this with two outs. with two outs. now the zero and two. ball outside. he works on the financial committee.

one into with two outs. 10 - 1 the democrats lead. they take a peek the infield in, ball inside but it's called strike three. they didn't like it said it was high. but the call is strike three looking and that ends the threat for the democrats as they push five across all with two outs one for hits, one error in three left. we'll go to the bottom of the fourth any and it is 10 - 1 democrats. >> is at the most when team has been ahead of the other? >> in their debut they struck out 17. >> only been a couple of shutouts.

22 - nothing any. >> i was with dave last time. i'm taking time. tom. >> it should be a photo finish. >> i'm putting my money on a that this time. >> that's about as clean of a presidents races i have seen. no antics, no mascots. >> is elizabeth warner bernie sanders here? >> as far as we know they are no-shows.

>> greg wants to the official home team? >> that is the republicans. nancy wants to know if there is a mercy rule. >> there is not. as were just alluding to, the democrats had a 22 - 0 victory a few years ago. that's not the biggest blowout. if you go all the way back through history, back to 1928, the democrats beat the republicans 36 - four. the republicans high was 19. in 2005 they 119 - 10. if you're curious but the highest combined scores, in 1917, the democrats, and a thriller i wish we could have broadcast, edged 22 - 21.

forty-three combined runs. >> don't look at me, i was not covering congressman. >> brad steps in richmond is in control in the bottom of the inning. a 10 - 1 lead. it's inside with ball to. keep the facebook questions coming. in go to facebook that calms/federal news radio. we are on 1500 radio. and facebook live for the first time you are part of history tonight. cedric richmond with the ball high. a two into from richmond inside

for ball three. jerry wants to know if the congressional police officers that were here. >> the one who helped steve scalise is here. i'm not sure about the rest of them. >> thank you for the question. brad goes down to first. we will get a pinch runner on first. ryan costello will that for duncan. >> jeff duncan, another hardcharging conservative. >> quickly behind zero and two. this is it, he got redistrict it

out of his house seat and it would not be a viable candidacy for him. >> he reaches out and goes down to first base. that is foul. >> i think that is a pinch runner extraordinaire. it is not had an at-bat but has scored a run as a pinch runner. >> ryan costello played high school baseball. hewitt zero and two last year. he got a run on the bases and stole second base. he stole on a wild pitch. >> 400 percentage in the game. he just came to congress a couple of years ago.

he has done well since he has been here. the republicans will miss him in retirement as they will several others who will not be a next year's team. >> it could be a new team next are. >> is going to drop in for a base hit. the down to second and the republicans have the first two batters on. >> was playing right field for the democrats? >> they were normally pretty good. >> that is my fellow uc santa barbara grad. there's a special election in california that god the

practice. >> dennis is pinchhitting for rand paul. he swings and misses, zero and two. >> dennis is behind zero and two. the ball high. a florida congressman. 10 - 1 the democrats in control. two runners on the bottom of the fourth inning. nobody up. swing and a miss, strike three. he jogs back to the dugout. the first out of the inning. >> richmond is stretching out a quad. i don't know if you stepped off awkwardly. there are not a lot of plan b's for the democrat.

>> in case you're keeping track at home. they check that to center field. right into the hands of panetta. he did not even have to move. that may have been one of the best hit tonight. >> brady could hit it in any direction he could still be running. >> panetta holds up two fingers for two outs. he didn't even have to move on that one. that will bring trent kelly to the plate. the third baseman takes a strike. a walk and then a single to costello. now with two outs. they said the ground ball to short. kelly beats it out. >> kelly is in the second term on the egg committee.

>> what to give him on that? >> you feel that cleanly it's now. >> kelly went to ole ms. >> bases-loaded for jeff blake. >> richmond, strike one. we have a question from tyler about how hard the pictures are throwing. the ball gets away from murphy. -- scores on around third comes costello, he will score. two runs home on a wild pitch. it is 10 - 3. >> the ball got away from murphy. two big rounds.

>> we do have a pinch runner on third. pinch running for kelly. >> it is now 1 - 1 as they look to brick home another run. slaps it into left field for a base hit. a lefty with a base hit in scores another run. that scores the fourth run of the night for the republican. the first rbi and it is 10 - 4. >> especially with cedric laboring a little bit. >> was the backup? >> we have only seen one other picture pitch for the democrats and it was patrick murphy and he's not in tonight.

>> and this is the best thing about this game if you're following at home, in the third -- pinch-hit who is now batting again. you can come back in the game. a pop to second was only about. richmond behind two and zero. >> three and zero again, two outs. like somebody's going to get a souvenir. he has the first two runners on with nobody out now two runs

were three runs our home. now a chance to do more damage. blake at first they send it shot to left. that is the third out of the inning which i don't think anybody realizes. richmond might be limp in a little bit. >> there to want him to pitch the last few innings. >> three runs across for the republicans on two hits, and air. we go to the top of the fifth with the democrats leading 104. >> 10 - for.

>> the score is 10 - 4.

>> we are back with the congressional baseball game. jerry wants to know the biggest come back? i don't know if we know that answer. >> in our time doing this, i don't think we there have been any great comebacks. >> unfortunately the record-keeping is a bit sloppy. there are winds that are contested. the particulars of the game especially before time broadcasting are lost to history. >> tyler wants to know any congressman have baseball college baseball experience. >> we know kevin brady does. there is a yale college baseball

player. >> i think the most experienced players are richmond and kevin brady who played the university of dakota whether north or sou south. >> they got a huge a patient as they stepped in. a new picture as well for the republicans. the last inning did not go well. all one in one into the net outside for ball to. >> looking at facebook life keep the questions coming. you want to get to us on

twitter. >> a swing and a miss. the she filed it off. >> now i think she's saying her bat cut the catchers mitt. >> she made her debut last year. she got a hit at her only up at. >> she can hit. >> you could see it on the replay. the tip of the bat caught the catchers mitt. that is catchers interference, we will see if they call it. she is not waiting around. >> they will conference with the empires. >> they are not going to give it to her. >> what are they going to say? call it a file though?

>> the crowd gets a little louder. now she's saying it hit her wrist. she is trying to get on first base. >> she said it had a wrist. it hit the bat. >> the hand is part of the bat. >> she may not know that you think this is the best drama we have had tonight. >> they want to know how many women are playing tonight? >> swing and a miss, she goes down swinging. >> there's two tonight. linda sanchez is here and in uniform but with an injured arm she will not actually play. >> as far as being on the field.

>> that will bring back to the top of the order. were not really keeping track of that. >> for the record, -- is in her second term. they still don't have an idea on the picture. >> ruiz got hit by pitch and is going down to first. >> a full personalize cardinals uniform head to toe. regular stands and with the ball outside. hustled stone to second.

>> the second stolen base tonight for ruiz. they want to know how hard the pictures are throwing. >> cedric has been collected 80 miles per hour. >> cedric for sure. i don't know if he runs it up that fast anymore. you can see when he dials it up is probably close to 80. >> when he gets into it is probably two steps above anybody else pitching in the game. >> 10 - four and the democrats lead. >> this is pretty fast. >> reporter: a regular is in second term. he works on the appropriations committee and he draws a walk.

a number of these guys and gals are relatively new to the house which means they could have long careers a head of them. >> four plate appearances four times on base for regular. to run scored so far. >> the all around cedric richmond back one more time. >> he has reached all three times. hit by pitch, single scored intentionally walked in the ball one. >> he rips want to center field. that is going to get past blake and all the way to the wall. one run home, two runs home, he's not stopping. he will go into third first hand up trouble. richmond is going to come around

and score. richmond thought about stopping think you wanted to until duncan dropped the ball. there's the horn. it busted loose. richmond comes round to score. three runs home, 13 - 4. democrats lead. >> i guess you know why they intentionally walked him last time. >> have we seen that before? >> we've seen extra-base hits but i don't see if we've seen a true home run before. you can debate the scoring on that one. the alarms went off. >> i don't care what the official score was, that's an in the park home run. and chance of m vp from the crowd. >> the house democrats this is

not been a great year because they are in the minority but they are in the majority here tonight. >> that ball did not creep to the wall, got there in a hurry. >> he was man, 13 - for democrats with the lead top of the fifth inning. a two and one offering. if his leg was bothering him at all we did not notice it on that one. >> jerry wants to know who the managers are. , the coaches? >> for the republicans, it is still joe barton. he is turned over the manager your nail. he's been doing it for about a dozen years. on the democrat side, i think it is joe donnelly from indiana. that would be a player coach.

barden had not been playing in the last two years. donnelly on the democrat side is. >> brian draws a loss he will motor down to first base. ryan is on base for the third time. >> elizabeth wants to know, facebook life, has a woman player ever covered second base? >> covered second base? played second base? >> panetta pops it up. they can't get to it it's a fair ball. panetta is down to first. >> usually linda sanchez was on -- usually she just pinch it's.

we saw that tonight on second base she's playing on the field right now. i don't know if we'll see her but she's a good athlete. she's playing in a congressional softball game they play against members of the media it is not unprecedented. >> thank you for the question gerrit is at the plate throw down to first is tim ryan steals third. ryan is gonna come home. slide into home in the, said. panetta is down to third. it was just airborne. >> look at them heading into third. he just completely upends kelly displays him out.

it's not supposed to be a contact sport but it can be. >> the 14th run of the night. panetta is still on third and pops it up. panetta did not go anywhere. he stays at third. that's the second time tonight. the ball is up in the you're stumbling around in the footing is not level you let anyone else catch that if you can. >> chris murphy was playing in right field. his first set that i should say. >> he sense want to second.

they tried to at the force at second. gomez at first with a pinch runner. he had time. he just rested a little bit. panetta comes in from third. joe donnelly is now batting strike one. the empire the runner has to go back to second. by the way after the homerun i love this for mvp. it was close. >> he will get a run for his money. >> if he pitch the whole game and do that.

>> another stolen base on third. donnelly takes a strike is the wave going around national park they get to the outfield and don't get me started on the wave. joe donnelly stands in zero two. a base hit to right field. gomez was on the run, gomez around second flies into third. donnelly takes the first and it is 16 - for the democrats lead. >> they said my dream was to become centerfield following mickey mantle. he can have that but he is doing good tonight. donnelly second hit of the night. he was also hit by a pitch. the democrats are scored more

ron every inning since the second inning. two in the second, three in the third, five in the fourth. >> with three republican pictures gomez at third, jeffries will that. donnelly comes off. tyler wants to know if there has ever been an injection. >> not yet. i would love to have seen the games in the 20s. i wonder if there is one back then their competitive now. we haven't seen any of the pass for five years.

you have to be really getting after to be ejected from this game. >> whatever contentiousness there might be political it does not spillover. >> jeffries is in his third term. he spends his time on the budget and judiciary committees. he is wearing number eight. earlier we had a question if anyone from new york was playing. he is from a borough of brooklyn. the democrats abetted around for a second straight inning. will joe barton make a change that? >> yes, that's it. as we get a new picture let's get to more facebook questions. adrian wants to know the average age of the players.

>> that's interesting. >> i would put it in the 50s. >> there is someone playing tonight who is 71. most are in the 30s, 40s and 50s. i will say that a median age would be 50. >> the democrats are maybe four or five years younger per member on average. cedric is young it is a wide range. you have members who have been in for a long time. >> roger marshall will come in pitch for the republicans let's take ten seconds to pause for station identification.

>> were along the third-base side and everybody have a good time tonight. you know who is not having a good torn cup of the republicans. >> it is bill buckner, the fielding coach. now that. >> i like that we are 32 years removed from bill buckner at this time. you can just invoke that name and people will know who are talking about. >> 32 years there fielding has not been that bad. they may have dropped a couple

of balls but it had a lot of walks but it's a big rally. >> roger marshall will pitch and ruben is in his first term. >> rubin is on the agriculture and small business. >> no numbers on here. >> ruben, two years ago -- he's the university of kansas, another physician. he swings at the one and one. an infield fly. there one away.

we're checking off every box of baseball we have had wild pitches, stolen bases the infield slide. we have two outs. mark from texas will that. >> pinchhitting. the bases are loaded into the pitch the inside corner strike one. mark from the 33rd district in texas. this is the first term, another freshman. a lot of freshmen here tonight.

>> he drew a walk last year. mark did real estate before he became a congressman. he serves on the services technology committee. >> in his profile pic that is on the screen he is wearing a t-shirt that says number one dad. if you watch seinfeld you know where that comes from. now are inside three in two. >> i think i will wear my number one dad shirt on sunday. two outs. fall ball back he stays a live

wallace, mcconnell and frank with you. congressional baseball game a great night for baseball. laurent comes home to score, the 17th run of the night. gomez will come in score. >> we are getting deep into the benches here. everybody has a pinch hitter. brandon boyle. seventeen runs home.

ball inside. jerry wants to know any home runs ever? >> were given one tonight, inside the park home run. he follows it back, wanted to make. >> doyle is in his second term and spent a lot of his time on the budget committee and of foreign affairs. >> that's a major-league homerun if you're going to hit a home run. he played high school. certainly the dynamics change a little bit depending on what yard you're in. bases loaded, two outs. strike three called to the inside corner. he goes down looking and that any comes to the end. seven runs across.

the democrats send 11 men to the plate. it is 17 - 4 as we go to the bottom of the fifth inning. we are going to call it the middle of the seventh inning. we'll have the fifth inning stretch. >> you don't have to stand. >> i will remind those of you who are watching on facebook life for the first time, you can donate by clicking the button in the right-hand corner of the video. the part of the fund-raising effort giving to fund raising charity and all the organizations they support. we raised $1.5 million/year. we can tell you where we are

this year. you can be part of it, just click the button. >> we thank everybody for joining us for the first time i facebook live. of course on federal news radio as well. 15:00 a.m. washington d.c. we look at the fifth inning stretch after this. the most lopsided game ever, 22. >> the 22 - 0 game. the most lopsided game in the history of the series was 36 - 4 in 1928, the democrats beat the republicans. we are almost halfway there.

>> is going to take some big numbers to get to that point tonight. >> everybody stand up in the fifth inning stretch. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we are celebrating the 57th annual congressional baseball game. this one has been pretty much all democrats.

the key player in the game and has a kicked in a three run home run. every time he's been at the plate single, homerun, hit. he takes the mound in the bottom of the fifth. hard to left davis. >> that was going to the warning track. >> davis pulls into second base and will be happy with the double. but always seen from the republicans all day. >> they misread that one off the bat. >> his connection to sports posting for the football team.

regular at second. he bobbles it and complained that the runner interfered. >> it hit the heel of the runner front of him. he will be out. >> davis is out as the ball hit him. au largest stopped. that definitely hit him. >> regular came up and pointed. palmer pinchhitting will be on it first. runners tried to run in front of a ball to distract the infielders. it doesn't work if you kick it. >> the democrats get a break. another pinch hitter in steve pierce.

palmer will lead away from first. we have may be our first kiss we have seen. steve pierce stands and swings and sends it shot up to centerfield as palmer world job down to second. we'll take the last few from richmond. i was wondering if he was try to just out where himself out. >> steve is one of the veterans in his seventh term. financial services. here's jason lewis with his first at-bat. he pops set up and he brings it home. now the republicans just sending up anybody that's he was going

to that next. >> they do not know who is going to bat next. there are 24 members, there are 36 members on the republican roster. often times until they get in the box, we do not know who is in there. >> it is dennis ross. he struck out swinging in the fourth. two on two out. ball one. palmer at second, pierce at first. two outs, 17 - for the democrats lee. a fastball low, two and zero.

>> dennis ross is playing his last game. he is one of several republicans not running for reelection. university of florida grad. >> two and one. a ground ball to third. that is a force, he does not have to take him. palmer is out at third. >> the second in the monroe that the democrats lost track of how many outs. >> that brings to close the fifth inning. no runs across for the republicans. they trail 17 - for as we go to the top of the six.

>> 17 - 4, the democrats are looking for another win. we are broadcasting at first national park. a great place to be. for the first time we are on facebook live in taking your questions. let's get back to the questions. how did the games begin in 1909? noah has done a lot of research. we talked a lot about the history were at foundry fields. howard university hospital is where the stadium was.

>> so what happened was the structure was completely destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1911. it existed in that spot. it was the precursor and that is why they played their. >> the first of six. >> my dad took me to a game there. >> i would have loved to see the stadium. >> i've heard many good things

about it. >> marshall is back to the mound. brady is going to drop it at second base. they cannot get them out. >> i think you will get a pinch runner. >> they have a local connection, went to the university of maryland school. he represents in northern california district. >> will get back to facebook questions.

>> is very much involved in the battle over the intelligence battle over the mueller investigation. he has been active on radio and tv and is advancing the cause of the democrats. >> duncan up with it it is richmond who is into second. >> you mentioned rfk. >> it was at langley high school in virginia after two rainouts forced us there and it has been here's since 2008.

>> congress came out of the weather on a hot humid day. he fell down and passed out a little bit. >> there chanting, let's go joe. >> one and one. 17 - 4, the top of the sixth inning. anyone from the white house at this game? this is president trumps 72nd birthday today. >> there is no one of note from the white house. i will not say there isn't anybody here, but i know the

president is not here. they send a ground ball to short duncan threw it over. the runner stays at third. >> you can tell this game is a bit of a blowup. he's probably going to jog home and walked back to third base. >> tony who batted ninth earlier has moved up. that's why i love this game. ground ball to write, follow ball. >> allen wants to know if there is a commissioner and a trophy case that displays the winner? >> yes, there is.

it's in the capital and has been on display all week long. i guess what you would call the basement of the capital. as members are going to subway there is a display area with historic pictures. it is too bad it is [inaudible] the tours. they should do something about that. you have to know somebody to get into that part of the capital. there are a lot of memorabilia. >> last year after the democrats won they presented the trophy to the republicans to put in steve scalise's hospital room. >> if you notice joe put his hands up like i want to come out of this game. >> runners at the corners now.

>> he spends his time in energy and commerce. >> went to the university of california. >> my backyard. >> you are not native from washington? >> i in native from alaska. >> a ground ball back from marshall throws it to first and he is out. nice play by the pitcher. they're going right down the line but doesn't get back. they're not pain attention. >> he was just walking very quietly down the line, waiting to see if anybody paid attention. then he took off and scored. into third goes the trail runn runner.

>> he does look like he is limping a little bit. he doesn't quite look right. >> he does not look happy. >> 18 - 4 for the democrats in the top of the six. >> crisper fees the better. >> -- is out at first. two outs. a pinch runner made it all the way to third. marshall will go for the wind. chris murphy at the plate. swing and a shot to left. that is going to get over the heads of the left fielder. one run his home, murphy into second with a double. no problem there. a nice play for chris murphy. . .

he moves up a spot as well. strike on the inside corner, nobody covering third. murphy is going to come around to score. he threw the ball, but nobody there. we've broken the 21 barrier. he was yelling at richmond he

was motioning and verbalizing towards the democratic dugout. mentioning gomez, since he knocked out his elbow trying out for his baseball team in the parade back in the '90s he said my arm is a little weak but by hitting a solid. played softball in the california legislature, but not hardball. 20-for. a nice catch over there. him on the field for the republicans. >> a lot of the crowd heading for the exit. marshall will now go for the

windup. poll on facebook wants to know where the umpires come from. that is a great question and i have absolutely no idea. >> i set out for my expert i haven't heard from him yet. it's my understanding that the majors provided the house, some from american and some from the national. it was a split deal. i don't know if that is still true. back now there's a thought of jerseys down here on the third-base dugout. over to first to get the out. nice swing.

three runs across, time for the democrats and a couple of errors with just one hit go to the bottom of the inning leaving the 20-for. those watching on facebook live you can be a part of this charity specifically the congressional baseball charity and the amazing organizations that they support. normally they take fridays off.

right now the big issue is immigration reforms on how they want to deal with that between the moderates and conservatives and they are now planning on bringing up immigration reform bills next tuesday or sometime next week. whether the senate will get in on the action isn't clear. there was a big blow up over an attempt on the bill that would restrict the power. senator corker tried to do that but they wouldn't take it to a vote.

[inaudible] they are becoming a party of that kind of thing. i don't think they passed it yet but they are getting closer earlier today. we will see the first at-bat swinging the first pitch came in as a pinch runner. >> from the state of utah though she was born in brooklyn with a strike on the second pitch. a strike to right field and he's

going to take third. had a shot but couldn't get it done. i'm giving her a single. you hit the ball in the outfield. >> absolutely. she has the task of running the intelligence community set aside for a while. >> down the line that was a nice fall as well down the line.

running out the clock in baseball. >> of the other parthe other pag to come back in and run. conaway at first. and richmond into the wind. he's getting his first at-bat in the fall. swinging back to richmond 23rd to get the first out of the inning.

>> one out swinging the first pitch. 20 to four the democrats leave this in the bottom of the sixth inning, democrats looking for the wind number 41 in the seri series. they've only had 14-9, a lot of stupid -- so stolen bases. >> from the national services, side space and technology. and also on that joint library committee. did you notice they have a library there? yes, they do. bottom of the sixth looking at

third. ohio catcher. second and third with two outs in the.

the. they only scored four. >> a graduate of georgia tech. bill shuster now the retiring transportation committee chairman had the same job as his father the chai the chairman ofe judiciary committee and another one of republicans who are retiring. the bases are loaded for bill shuster.

some "boos" coming out. swinging a foul behind home plate. runs across for the democrats with 14 hits. five errors. they left nine on base as richmond. the flip to richmond for the third out. he throws his hands up as if to say what you want me to do your out by a mile. >> certainly. that will do it for the sixth inning for the republicans. we go to the seventh inning and the lead 20 to four.

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♪ ♪ jody errington is now at the pitch for the republicans as we go to the top of the seventh inning. what can you tell us about jody errington. >> wanted to be on the team last

year but had a shoulder injury and said he couldn't play. he did play baseball as a kid, but he focused on football as he got older. he also played little league baseball. either waby the way i must givet out as well to the dad of the research extraordinaire who prepared by ambulance tonight. every day he helps me get on the air. facebook live question [inaudible] the first time this was played.

>> how much do tickets cost or is it a donation? >> as they go back to back against jody errington to the seventh inning. and again this is a chair in tht and the reason everybody is out here that is the primary purpose of all of that. it is cheaper than a regular baseball game but also all that money going across the region. the 20 to four for the democrats, top of the seventh in the congressional baseball game.

>> in his second term, he spends his time at the armed services and the national resource committee. graduate of harvard goes on the republican side. a free-to offering even stephen. let's go back to facebook live. any serious injuries? >> i don't think i've seen anything on that have you? >> growing up in washington, and being interested in baseball and

this game i don't recall any serious injuries, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen. have you ever seen a bench clearing brawl? >> done in my reference, none in my memory. >> remember they have to face eaceach other and go back to wok tomorrow. the senate has taken the week off but the house has to go back in tomorrow for a lot of legislation. they wouldn't want to do something like that. it's not something that would happen. it is unusual that that might happen to drift into the floor. they take a look back at second,

swinging a little pop-up, errington field said ready to get the out. >> not paying attention, he rounds third and throws back down to kelly but they were too busy celebrating the out and he almost took a run for it. >> good awareness by the second base they made the play on the run. and now [inaudible]

right into the opening of the dugout. new jersey, right? >> from the ninth district of new jersey he is a veteran in his 11th term, those are the facts ways and means. >> any special uniforms we have seen plenty of non- specialty. in ona lot of these guys don't e from an area to represent a minor-league team. you've seen the fight, trying to think of what else. none of the one-off specialty.

you will see some high school jerseys. >> they played semi pro ball, went to florida a&m university as they dance off third, 20 to four, the democrats lead a. a very good crowd on hand tonight.

they know they are well on their way to winning the series. taking a run for him as well. and we will. i don't believe richmond is at that.

i think we will get him at-bats. we will wait and see. >> he's usually batting sixth between brooks and errington and there is just one out. he doubled his last time out but that was in the seventh spot n now. first offering swing and a foul back on the move 20-for you and a host of others as we are

bringing the congressional baseball game airing 102nd. the game was competitive. democrats wrapping up after the second intifada three up the top of the third. five runs in the fourth, three more in the fifth. republicans got back for four innings. gomez played in the legislature but haven't played baseball as i mentioned before seems he had an injury trying out for his baseball team and injured his elbow didn't play again until

about now. he had a pretty good night and scored a couple of good runs. in between pitcher and second but comes home to score into the runner over to third is down 21 to four. [cheering] do you want to guess what our attendance was denied? >> i'm going to go a little higher.

it was 16,115 which when you think about the fact that he was 9,002 years ago, not bad, a nice night at the ballpark. what are the chances in the draft next year? >> pretty good. >> i like that question. he could pitch when he was younger. you've got to be pretty good.

>> the senator from kentucky from time to time there have been pros. he comes to mind as one. i think it's been a while. good question. the democrats lead off steam down the third-base jody

errington trying to get out to get one more at best. swing and a miss. they only put one across one run, two walks. bottom of the seventh trailing 21-for. handing over not exactly a safe

situation i want to thank everybody for listening and watching wherever you may be this evening here on federal news radio, facebook live for the first time and c-span over 16,000 here at the national park and the democrats well on their way. [inaudible] did he misplaced his mitt?

looks like he's using somebody else's. at this point, it may not matt matter. we were delayed a little bit here. we will carry the rollcall presentation after this.

there is one warm-up to get this bottom of the seventh going. 21 runs, five errors, 12 left on for the republicans. bill shuster will step in. he's retiring at the end of this term, the chairman of the transportation committee. he sends them out towards centerfield that's going to

call-in with the tenth pick of the night starting with a base hit. this is the ninth term. he represented the district of pennsylvania. warren davidson, his first back for strike number one. we didn't catch who that was. davidson represents the eighth district of ohio. down to the third-base line

reaching against richmond is a graduate of notre dame spends his time legislating at the committee. he's not reaching back for anything to really fire anything in there. he's going to make his first appearance. shuster retired at third.

let's reset this. it's going to be dennis. >> swinging a foul ball for the seventh-inning democrats 21-for creeping closer and closer. here comes the ball high. he'he is not worried about it rt now. the runner out at the plate down

to first, two outs. he represents the district for his fourth term and we are going to get mark walker. the fifth home run for the republicans he represents the

north carolina 6,102nd term and an active member of the freedom caucus runners in the corner now. kind of want to get this one over with. 21-5. we still don't have an idea.

here we go. fred upton, former chairman of the energy commerce committee in the michigan area has a lot of automaking but the runner trying to come home and he's out at the plate and that will do it. would like to try to come home when it gets passed murphy and i will end it with a 21-5 when seven out of eight, two in a row the complete win for the democrats. they struggled all night, but we mentioned how they can be.

>> it was on either side of the ball. wild pitches, but in the end it is going to take what happened two years ago to beat senator richmond. you've got to take advantage of the space. they have a lot of baserunners tonight and he had fewer hits than the democrats and it tells the story of the game and richmond in the complete game victory but a complete hom homen in the midst of reaching the base four times tonight. >> they will line up and she shake hands. >> the republicans have got to do some soul-searching. there are decisive losses and

joe will be retiring. they will have a different coach and roster because several of them won't be back because they are retiring and several others may be back because they will lose their seat. who knows. in politics you can never be sure. it isn't looking good for the love of republicans. so they want to maybe start from scratch. they just need a few more. they are not in a great commanding position on the hou house. the democrats are no not in a gd position and the republicans are in a good position in the house and senate this isn't one of the

best years but ironically the democrats have been winning on the house and senate floors. >> 21-5 at the national park. we will come back and wrap things up. you are listening to the congressional baseball game on federal news radio. bringing the rivalry to 41 when the democrats, 39 for the republicans. that concludes my coverage of

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