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Its Thursday, August 7 and the Marlins (56-57) are in Atlanta to begin a series against the Braves (47-66). Eury Pérez is slated to take the mound for Miami against Carlos Carrasco for Atlanta.

The Braves are favored (-115) in an expected close game against the Marlins (-105). The starting pitchers are Carlos Carrasco (2-2) for the Atlanta Braves, and Eury Perez (4-3) for the Miami Marlins.

Pawol will work the bases during the August 9 Marlins-Braves doubleheader and she will be behind the plate for the series finale on August 10.

Jen Pawol is set to become the first woman to umpire in Major League Baseball when she works games this weekend between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves.

Pawol, 48, began her affiliated-baseball umpiring career in 2016 at the rookie-ball level. She reached the Triple-A level in 2023, and then in 2024 she became the first female ump to work a spring-training game since Ria Cortesio in 2007.