Hens cut down Clippers

Hens5p The Mud Hens' Ramon Garcia pitches in the top of the fifth inning.

Ramon Garcia and a pair of relievers combined to shut out Columbus on four hits as the Mud Hens won 7-0 at Fifth Third Field tonight.

Garcia allowed two hits and two walks in six shutout innings. Blaine Hardy pitched two scoreless frames and Jose Valverde pitched a 1-2-3 ninth.

Toledo scored once in the third, then broke the game open with three runs in the fourth as Danny Worth had a two-run double. Mike Cervenak pounded a two-run homer in the fifth and an RBI double by Ben Guez closed the scoring in the eighth.