Scalise Returns From DL (Gunshot Wound)

House majority whip Steve Scalise recorded the first out of Thursday’s Congressional Baseball Game, receiving a standing ovation from the evenly split bipartisan crowd at Nationals Park.

Playing second base, Scalise snagged Raul Ruiz's (D., Calif.) ground ball and tossed it to first base for the out. Scalise was immediately engulfed by teammates as the entire Republican starting lineup jogged over to congratulate him.

The out was fitting for Scalise, who was nearly killed when a gunman opened fire on him and three others at a congressional baseball practice exactly 365 days ago. Scalise was shot in the hip, and doctors feared he would not survive his injuries. He returned to Congress on September 28 to applause and cheers from his fellow representatives. Scalise said he felt surreal returning to the baseball field for the first time on the first anniversary of the shooting.

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