MLB will call up its first female umpire over the weekend, with Jen Pawol scheduled to work both games of a doubleheader Saturday between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves.

Pawol, a 48-year-old West Milford, N.J., native, will also umpire Sunday’s game behind home plate calling balls and strikes.

In the past two years, Pawol has worked spring training games before the season. She was the first woman to umpire those games since Ria Cortesio in 2007, though Cortesio was never called up to the majors.

MLB calls up additional umpires from the AAA level for series that involve doubleheaders. Umpires who work behind the plate for one game of a doubleheader get the other game off.

Pawol was an all-state softball player in New Jersey and played collegiately at Hofstra University,

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