Two teams in the NL East -- the Atlanta Braves (47-66) and the Miami Marlins (56-57) -- play on Thursday at 7:15 p.m. ET, at Truist Park. 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.

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The league announced that umpire Jen Pawol will be working the three-game series, making her the first woman in MLB history to umpire regular-season games. She will be working the bases during Saturday's doubleheader before taking the position of home-plate umpire in Sunday's series finale.

Minor league umpire Jen Pawol is set to make baseball history this weekend, as she's being promoted to the majors for three games between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves. With this promotion, she'll be the first woman to umpire a regular season MLB game in baseball history.

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