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.

Elder aims to bounce back from a brutal post-rain delay start. He allowed 10 runs, nine earned, in two innings pitched in the Braves series opener against the Phillies Friday. Through 13 starts, Elder has a 5.82 ERA and a 1.47 WHIP in 68 innings pitched.