Cannonballs coming: Keller struggles while Altoona offense breaks out

Bradenton and West Virginia both were rained out.

— Indianapolis (25-21) beat Charlotte, 6-2. Starter Alex McRae took 96 pitches to get through four and a third innings, giving up the two runs. The bullpen threw four and two-thirds scoreless innings. Johnny Hellweg, who had been serving as closer, came on in the fifth and threw an inning and two-thirds. He walked one and struck out one. Jesus Liranzo threw two shutout innings, but had some control issues. He walked two, struck out one, and threw only 15 of 32 pitches for strikes. Dovydas Neverauskas fanned the side in the 9th. I watched the inning and he threw a lot of sliders. The Indians drew eight walks. Jordan Luplow was 1-4 with a walk…