LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Jen Pawol, who made history last year as the first woman umpire in the major leagues, was behind the plate for the Angels-Dodgers game on Friday night.<\/p>\n
Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani greeted her leading off the bottom of the first inning as he customarily does with the umpire in each of his at-bats.<\/p>\n
Pawol, 49, umpired during spring training for the third straight year but she did not get one of the permanent staff openings. Instead, she is part of MLB’s call-up list.<\/p>\n
She worked her first game of the automated balls and strikes challenge system on April 17 when the Giants visited the Nationals.<\/p>\n
She became the first female major league umpire on Aug. 9, 2025, and worked a total of five big league games last season. In 2024, she became the first woman to umpire big league spring training games since Ria Cortesio in 2007. Pawol has been a minor league ump since 2016 and has worked at Triple-A since 2023.<\/p>\n
Pawol was flirting with potential history early in Friday’s game.<\/p>\n
Angels starter Reid Detmers tossed three hitless innings before allowing a single to Freddie Freeman in the fourth.<\/p>\n
Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki pitched no-hit ball through the first four innings before giving up a double to Nick Madrigal in the fifth.<\/p>\n
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