Jen Pawol breaks MLB’s gender barrier as the first female umpire to work a regular-season game in Marlins-Braves matchup

Atlanta – Jin Powell made history as the first wisdom working in a regular season game in the Grand League championships.

The first long -awaited appearance of Powell came as the first referee for the first match on Saturday at the double division between Atlanta Prevez and Miami Marilyn. She enjoyed the first quiet half, as she was watching while Privif Handand Hurton and the Dirab took out the first two fighters before Agustin Ramirez lined up to the third base man NATO Alvarez.

The brave was also appointed in an arrangement by Miami Ryan Ryan Gustto at the bottom of the first half, with no Pawol calls at the first rule.

As the first basis, Pawol’s responsibility was to check the hands of Waldrep for foreign materials after the half. During this short meeting, she seemed to receive a warm greeting from the formulation of Braves Sean Murphy on his way to the hideout.

The first real test of Pawol came in the third half when I contacted the Braves Sean Murphy Safe in a close play. Return operations indicated that Murphy may have gone out, but Clayton McColo, Marilyn’s manager, did not challenge the call.

Pawol also showed that she would make mobile calls. When Kazavier Edwards from Miami is based on a double play, Powell pumped her grip and raised her leg when Edwards called abroad in the third half.

Powell could not notice that her first appearance was closely monitored. The fans responded with a warm applause when the video panel focused on the referee between the roles, forcing her to take a quick look at her image.

Pawol will work on a third base in the second match on Saturday night from Doubleheader. You will be in the spotlight when you invite the stadiums behind the painting in the final match on Sunday.

There was a lot of anticipation for the first historical time on Saturday. A crowd of photographers gathered while the referees are waiting to walk on the field from their slope near the Marilyn hideout.

The McCullough and Braves Bench Walt Weiss Pawol coach received when the squad was exchanged in the home panel before the match. Then Pawol ran below the first basic line. She shook hands with the first coach of Marilyng, Tyler Smrips, before taking her position on the right field line for the first stadium.

Powell said on Thursday that she was “overcome with emotion” when she was notified that she would make her first appearance in the Bibli League in the league this weekend.

“It was very emotional to eventually live in that phone call that I used to hope for for a long time, and I felt very full – I feel I am a fully charged battery ready to go,” said Baul.

PAWOL, 48, has been working in the Microscope Championships since she was appointed in the Gulf Coast League in 2016. She was appointed to the TRIPLE-A in 2023 and worked in spring training games in 2024 and again this year.

Powell, who is from New Jersey, had only a few days to prepare for the double heads on Saturday. She was told about her long -awaited upgrade during a phone call on Wednesday with Empire Rich Rieker and Vice President of UMPIRE MATT MCKEndry.

Pawol was choosing the soft ball three times in Hofstra. She worked as a nuclear ball of 2010-16.

Powell’s rise came to create the history of MLB after 28 years of breaking the American Professional League checkpoint for the game officials, and after 10 years of the US Football Association appointed the first full -time employee. Men’s FIFA World Cup first referee three years ago. NHL had no women as ice officials.