Reds Ávila Tames Los Angeles
<Júlio Ávila:player#14696> was sneaky fast, on the mark and hard to hit today. He blanked the <Los Angeles Stars:team#76> 5-0 on 3 hits and had 2 walks and 4 strikeouts.

"You know what he's going to throw. You know what to expect. And you still can't hit it," the <Los Angeles:team#76> skipper told reporters after the shutout loss to the <San Francisco Reds:team#272>.

"He just had a real deceptive fastball today and he was throwing it for strikes."

<Ávila:player#14696> has a 8-4 season record so far. In 16 starts, he has fanned 75 batters in 110.1 innings with a 4.24 ERA.