By Thomas McKinless and Alex Gangitano

With the first hit of the 2018 Congressional Baseball Gamesending the ball right to Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who was severely injured in a shootingat the GOP baseball practice last year, members of both teams had something to be excited about at Nationals Park on Thursday. Roll Call’s Heard on the Hill reporter Alex Gangitano recaps this year’s gamewith several players. [ ]