Washington ( CNN ) -- Usually in Washington it 's Republicans and Democrats battling each other but on Thursday night they joined together to battle a common enemy : the Washington Press Corps . In the third annual Congressional Women 's Softball game , members from both sides of the aisle came together to play the Capitol Hill Press Corps to raise about $ 50,000 for the Young Survival Coalition , a group that assists young women facing breast cancer . Rep. Laura Richardson , D-California , started things off with a three-run home run in the first inning but the press women came back to eventually tie things up in the top of the 6th inning , 4-4 . The nail biter went down to the bottom of the 7th and last inning . CNN 's Erika Dimmler made an incredible outfield somersault catch to make it two outs but then Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz , D-Florida , came to the plate . Wasserman Schultz , whose jersey simply read `` DWS '' , made the incredible game winning hit , driving in Rep. Linda Sanchez , D-California , to win the game 5-4 . Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor , a long time New York Yankees , fan threw out the first pitch as the crowd cheered her on . Bipartisanship was in the crowd too as Speaker John Boehner , R-Ohio , came to cheer on his team as did Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi , D-California , and a number of others including Reps. Jan Schakowsky , D-Illinois , Dennis Kuchinich , D-Ohio , Democratic Caucus Leader John Larsen , D-Connecticut , and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer , D-Maryland . Players included Congressional team MVP and DNC chair Wasserman Schultz , Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen , R-Florida , Jean Schmidt , R-Ohio , Sens . Kirsten Gillibrand , D-New York , Kelly Ayotte , R-New Hampshire , and Kay Hagan D-North Carolina for the Congressional Women 's team . The press team had players from all five television networks and print , including CNN 's Brianna Keilar , Abby Livingston , Stephanie Kotuby and Erika Dimmler who won MVP for press team , CBS 's Jill Jackson , ABC 's Amy Walter and Chicago Sun-Times ' Lynn Sweet . CNN 's Senior Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash and Wasserman Schultz started the annual game between Members and Press . But this year Bash could only watch on as honorary coach of her `` baby '' as she is expecting her own baby next month . Sen. Amy Klobuchar , D-Minnesota , who repeatedly pointed out that the average age of the Members ' team is 53 years old , and NBC 's Andrea Mitchell called the game . Mitchell 's husband former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan watched on . With all these members , bipartisan spirit , and a win in their column perhaps successful discussions on the debt limit are next ?
The event draws a bipartisan crowd . Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor throws out first pitch . The Congressional women beat a team of female journalists 5-4 .