COURT, I’M GOING TO LET THE WORK SHOW. LAST NIGHT, IN STRATHAM BEN MALGERI MET THE MOMENT IN HIS BIG LEAGUE DEBUT WITH THE DETROIT TIGERS. THE 26 YEAR OLD HAD HIS FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE HIT ON THE VERY FIRST PITCH HE SAW AGAINST THE YANKEES. THE EXETER HIGH SCHOOL GRAD WENT TWO FOR THREE. HE SCORED A RUN. HIS MOM, LYNN, DAD GEORGE, FIANCE GRACE AND BROTHER SAM. THEY WERE ALL THERE TO WITNESS MEL JERRY’S DREAM COME TRUE. IT’S AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT BECAUSE YOU REALIZE WHAT A BIG MOMENT IT IS. A LOT OF TEARS, A LOT OF TEARS AFTER THE GAME. JUST KIND OF JUST OUR FAMILY. IT WAS HONESTLY JUST SO SURREAL. IT’S JUST I’M SO PRO

Stratham native Ben Malgeri made his Major League debut Tuesday night for the Detroit Tigers.Malgeri, a graduate of Exeter High School and two-time Division I baseball state champion with the Blue Hawks, recorded his first big league hit on the first pitch he faced Tuesday off Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodon.The 26-year-old was drafted in the 18th round by the Tigers in 2021 and has spent the last five years in the team’s minor league system. He was called up Tuesday and played right field.Malgeri went 2-3 in his debut with a pair of singles and scored a run.His whole family was at Comerica Park to witness his lifelong dream come true.”It’s an emotional moment, because you realize what a big moment it is,” said Lynn Malgeri, Ben’s mother. “A lot of tears, a lot of tears after the game. Just our family.””It was honestly just so surreal,” said Sam Malgeri, Ben’s brother. “I’m so proud of how he’s worked, and he really just earned his way here.”

MANCHESTER, N.H. —

Stratham native Ben Malgeri made his Major League debut Tuesday night for the Detroit Tigers.

Malgeri, a graduate of Exeter High School and two-time Division I baseball state champion with the Blue Hawks, recorded his first big league hit on the first pitch he faced Tuesday off Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodon.

The 26-year-old was drafted in the 18th round by the Tigers in 2021 and has spent the last five years in the team’s minor league system. He was called up Tuesday and played right field.

Malgeri went 2-3 in his debut with a pair of singles and scored a run.

His whole family was at Comerica Park to witness his lifelong dream come true.

“It’s an emotional moment, because you realize what a big moment it is,” said Lynn Malgeri, Ben’s mother. “A lot of tears, a lot of tears after the game. Just our family.”

“It was honestly just so surreal,” said Sam Malgeri, Ben’s brother. “I’m so proud of how he’s worked, and he really just earned his way here.”