Congressional Baseball Game Predictions

[100% pro-life no matter what]

For those who don't know, the GOP Congressmen and the Democrat ones play each other in a baseball game every June.  The all-time series is nearly tied (both parties have claims on the all-time edge), but the Republicans have yet to win during the Obama years.  Last year's 5-2 Democratic margin was the closest the Republicans have come since last winning it in 2008 (11-10).  In 2013, the Democrats won it 22-0.

Fun fact: Since 1968, the winner of the game has gone on to win the presidential election popular vote 9 of 12 times (in presidential years) (1980, 1992, and 2008 are the exceptions).

The rosters are:

Democrats
Aguilar, Pete (CA-31)
Beyer, Don (VA-08)
Boyle, Brendan (PA-13)
Cardenas, Tony (CA-29)
Crowley, Joe (NY-07)
Donnelly, Joe (IN)
Doyle, Mike (PA-14)
Gallego, Ruben (AZ-07)
Huffman, Jared (CA-02)
Jeffries, Hakeem (NY-08)
Kildee, Daniel (MI-05)
Murphy, Chris (CT)
Murphy, Patrick (FL-18)
Pascrell, Bill (NJ-08)
Perlmutter, Ed (CO-07)
Polis, Jared (CO-02)
Richmond, Cedric (LA-02)
Ruiz, Raul (CA-36)
Ryan, Tim (OH-17)
Sanchez, Linda (CA-39)
Swalwell, Eric (CA-15)
Walz, Timothy (MN-01)


Republicans
Bartletta, Lou (PA-11)
Barton, Joe (TX-06)
Bishop, Mike (MI-08)
Brady, Kevin (TX-08)
Brooks, Mo (AL-05)
Costello, Ryan (PA-06)
Conaway, Mike (TX-11)
Davis, Rodney (IL-13)
Dold, Bob (IL-10)
Duncan, Jeff (SC-03)
Flake, Jeff (AZ)
Fleischmann, Chuck (TN-03)
Graves, Sam (MO-06)
Johnson, Bill (OH-06)
Kelly, Trent (MS-01)
Lahood, Darren (IL-18)
LaMalfa, Doug (CA-01)
Loudermilk, Barry (GA-11)
Meehan, Pat (PA-07)
Moolenaar, John (MI-04)
Palazzo, Steven (MS-04)
Palmer, Gary (AL-06)
Paul, Rand (KY)
Paulsen, Erik (MN-03)
Pearce, Steve (NM-02)
Rooney, Tom (FL-17)
Ross, Dennis (FL-15)
Scalise, Steve (LA-01)
Shimkus, John (IL-15)
Stutzman, Marlin (IN-03)
Walker, Mark (NC-06)
Wenstrup, Brad (OH-02)
Williams, Roger (TX-25)
Yoder, Kevin (KS-03)

Any predictions?  Is this the year the GOP finally breaks through again?

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Final score: GOP 8, Democrats 7

Tom Rooney hit a walkoff single to right field to win the game.  The GOP led 6-1 after 5 innings, but the Democrats took advantage of Republican errors to take the lead in the 6th, 7-6.  Then, in the bottom of the 7th (of a 7-inning game), the donkeys replaced star pitcher Cedric Richmond when he was in a jam, replacing him with Patrick Murphy.  With a runner on third and two outs in a 7-7 game, under a chorus of "Marco Rubio" chants from the GOP faithful, Murphy buckled and let Rooney be the hero.