Marlins rookies Heriberto Hernandez and Graham Pauley homered in their 6-4 victory over the Astros at loanDepot park on Wednesday. Though Miami had its stretch of six consecutive series wins snapped,

Pawol breaking an MLB gender barrier comes 28 years after Violet Palmer became the NBA's first female referee and 10 years after Sarah Thomas became the NFL's first female on-field official. France's Stéphanie Frappart was the first woman to referee a men's World Cup game when she took charge of the match between Germany and Costa Rica in 2022.