Bradenton was off. Some extended comments on the West Virginia Black Bears' opener are below.
-- Adrian Sampson (pictured) bounced back well from a bad start, but Indianapolis still lost to Charlotte, 3-0. Sampson allowed just one run and three hits in seven innings. He fanned five and took only 81 pitches to go that far. Indy had only four hits. Willy Garcia got his first AAA hit, going 1-3.
-- Altoona rallied for two runs in the bottom of the 10th to pull out a 4-3 win over Harrisburg. Jose Osuna singled in Mel Rojas, who had doubled, to tie the game.