Jack O’Loughlin’s shutout performance leads Hens over the Cubs

The Mud Hens fought off a little push in the middle innings and then stormed to victory on Tuesday night.

They gave starter Jack O’Loughlin a bit of a lead in the first when Parker Meadows opened the game with a single, stole second base, and scored on a two-out Tyler Nevin single. O’Loughlin had it from there, spinning five shutout innings and allowing just one hit while striking out eight.

A rehabbing Will Vest allowed two runs in the sixth, and that put the Hens down a run, but the offense turned on the jets at that point. Grant Witherspoon tied the game at 2-2 with a solo shot in the seventh, and Johan Camargo followed with one of his own to re-open a one-run lead. Joe Rizzo doubled and…