The baseball Gods couldn’t have picked a better day for a 20-year-old rookie to make his home park debut. The sun was shining and the air was a warm 89 degrees when Didier Fuentes threw his first pitch of the game. On Tuesday night, Fuentes was back on the mound for the Atlanta Braves in game two of the series with the Los Angeles Angels.
Fuentes was making his third career start in the Majors and looking for his first career win. Well, one out of two isn’t bad. The Braves defeated the Angels 8-3 following a grand slam from Matt Olson and a three-run home run from Sean Murphy.