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The Annual Congressional Baseball Game comes to Nats Park
The game wasn’t all that close as the Republicans routed the Democrats 13-2 for their fifth win in a row.
WASHINGTON - It was a packed house at Nationals Park on Wednesday, but not for the Nationals. The crowd was out for the annual Congressional Baseball Game.
Republicans dominate again
What we know:
The game wasn’t all that close as the Republicans routed the Democrats 13-2 for their fifth win in a row.
The game itself dates to 1909 and is designed to raise money for local charities, including the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington.
Republicans routed the Democrats 13-2 for their fifth win in a row in the annual Congressional Baseball Game.
Record-setting charity event
This year the game raised more than $2.75 million – the most they’ve ever raised.
Also, they opened the upper deck for the first time tonight. Because we’re told, they sold 30,000 tickets, also a record. For comparison, the Nationals are averaging 26,000 so far this season.
Fans FOX 5 spoke to at the game largely said they were excited to see some healthy competition between the political rivals.
The Source: Information in this article comes from the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity and previous FOX 5 reporting.