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Melanie Newman becomes Orioles’ first female broadcaster to call play-by-play in regular season

After making her Orioles broadcast debut in spring training, Melanie Newman was back in the radio booth Tuesday night to become the first female broadcaster to call play-by-play for a regular-season game in Orioles history.

Newman, who handles play-by-play duties for the 44-station Orioles Radio Network, called Tuesday’s game against the Miami Marlins. She is one of several new faces on the Orioles’ broadcast team, including radio voice Geoff Arnold, television play-by-play voice Scott Garceau and Brett Hollander.

Newman is the fourth woman to do play-by-play in major league history, and came to the Orioles after being the broadcaster at the High-A Salem Red Sox in 2019.