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Baseball umpire Jen Pawol will make history this week as the first woman to work as an umpire in a Major League Baseball regular season game, crossing a historic gender barrier.

Pawol has worked MLB games during spring training but her work on Saturday, when she will be in the crew for a doubleheader between the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins at Truist Park, will be her first time in the big leagues. The doubleheader required a fifth umpire to be added to the crew, according to a report on MLB.com.

She is one of 17 Triple-A umpires who are eligible to be called up to MLB games if needed, the league said.

It’ll be the latest history-making moment for Pawol, who became the first

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