--- title: Steve Scalise 'Back in the Game' a Year After Being Shot description: One year after Rep. Steve Scalise was shot while practicing for the annual Congressional baseball game, he took the field again. canonical: https://time.com/5313078/steve-scalise-congressional-baseball-game-after-shooting/ author: Abigail Abrams article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-15T00:56:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T11:39:54.088Z article:section: Politics og:title: Steve Scalise Back in the Game One Year After Congressional Baseball Shooting og:description: The Congressman got the first out of the game og:url: https://time.com/5313078/steve-scalise-congressional-baseball-game-after-shooting/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6738c15912d78833/698933210a4a2282e79d2f8f/gettyimages-974973792.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3456 og:image:height: 1944 og:image:alt: Members Of Congress Participate In Annual Congressional Baseball Game og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Steve Scalise Back in the Game One Year After Congressional Baseball Shooting twitter:description: The Congressman got the first out of the game twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6738c15912d78833/698933210a4a2282e79d2f8f/gettyimages-974973792.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Steve Scalise 'Back in the Game' a Year After Congressional Baseball Shooting > Sponsored content. 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Scalise was shot during a team practice before last years game. This is the 57th annual game between the Republicans and Democrats. (Photo by Alex Edelman/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 14: Rep Steve Scalise (R-LA) makes a play to first base resulting in an out after fielding a ground ball on the first pitch of the Congressional Baseball Game on June 14, 2018 in Washington, DC. Scalise was shot during a team practice before last years game. This is the 57th annual game between the Republicans and Democrats. (Photo by Alex Edelman/Getty Images) Alex Edelman—Getty Images by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Jun 15, 2018 12:56 AM UTC [One year after](http://time.com/5312145/steve-scalise-baseball-shooting-anniversary/) he was [shot in the hip](http://time.com/4817777/alexandria-shooting-steve-scalise/) while practicing for the annual Congressional baseball game, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise once again took to the field on Thursday to participate in this year’s game. “I’m back in the game,” the Congressman tweeted ahead of the evening event. > [](https://twitter.com/SteveScalise/status/1007394322822680576) Scalise was one of six people hurt in the shooting last June. Four people were shot and Scalise suffered life-threatening injuries. He underwent nine surgeries and extensive physical therapy over the past year. He played second base on Thursday, the position he was at during last year’s practice when the shooting started. > [](https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1007400407872737280) But he wasn’t there just to mark the occasion — Scalise got the first out during Thursday’s game, when Democratic Rep. Raul Ruiz hit a grounder to him on the first pitch. Scalise fielded the ball cleanly and threw it to first, getting Ruiz out. Several of the whip’s teammates then rushed to hug him. > [](https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1007402013863415809) > [](https://twitter.com/jacksonrichman/status/1007401739035791361) The Congressional baseball game, which was expected to raise around half a million dollars for children’s charities, is one of the few [bipartisan traditions](http://time.com/4964486/steve-scalise-60-minutes-interview/) in Washington. Many lawmakers were emotional seeing Scalise back on Thursday. But perhaps none more than the Congressman himself, who posted a [video about his recovery](https://twitter.com/SteveScalise/status/1007052820393156609) on Wednesday and told reporters on Thursday morning he was grateful to be playing. “That fact that I get to start at second is really special,” Scalise said, according to [ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/scalise-start-base-year-congressional-baseball-shooting/story?id=55891066). “To be able to walk back out on this field, a year later, is an incredible feeling.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5313078/steve-scalise-congressional-baseball-game-after-shooting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5313078/steve-scalise-congressional-baseball-game-after-shooting/"},"headline":"Steve Scalise 'Back in the Game' a Year After Congressional Baseball Shooting","datePublished":"2018-06-15T00:56:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T11:39:54.088Z","description":"The Congressman got the first out of the game","url":"https://time.com/5313078/steve-scalise-congressional-baseball-game-after-shooting/","keywords":["Congress","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6738c15912d78833/698933210a4a2282e79d2f8f/gettyimages-974973792.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abigail Abrams","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6738c15912d78833/698933210a4a2282e79d2f8f/gettyimages-974973792.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Members Of Congress Participate In Annual Congressional Baseball Game","caption":"Members Of Congress Participate In Annual Congressional Baseball Game","creditText":"Alex Edelman—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5313078/steve-scalise-congressional-baseball-game-after-shooting/","name":"Steve Scalise 'Back in the Game' a Year After Congressional Baseball Shooting"}}]}] ```