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Tuesday’s Rays-Orioles game features first all-female broadcast crew

ST. PETERSBURG — What otherwise might seem a mundane Tuesday night game at Tropicana Field against the last-place Orioles will be historic before the first pitch is thrown.

That’s because next week’s game will be the first called by an all-female broadcast team, per Major League Baseball and YouTube, which will show the game exclusively.

Melanie Newman, a member of the Oriolesu2019 broadcast crew, will handle play-by-play duties.
Melanie Newman, a member of the Orioles’ broadcast crew, will handle play-by-play duties. (Kenneth K. Lam)

Melanie Newman, a member of the Orioles’ broadcast crew, will handle play-by-play duties, her second national YouTube game appearance. Sarah Langs, an mlb.