Clayton Kershaw started July by allowing six runs in his first four innings.A month later, he was named National League Pitcher of the Month.After Bobby Abreu's two-run single in the bottom of the fourth inning in Anaheim, Kershaw pitched 32 innings in the remainder of July and allowed 25 hits, seven walks and two earned runs — an 0.56 ERA — while striking out 39.That gave him a svelte enough 2.02 ERA for the month with 45 strikeouts in 35 2/3 innings, enough to beat competitors like Cincinnati's Johnny Cueto (41 1/3 innings, 19 strikeouts, 1.52 ERA) and San Francisco's Tim Lincecum (30 innings, 30 strikeouts, 1.80 ERA).Eric Stephen of True Blue L.A. has a couple of added notes: Kershaw was second in fielding-independent ERA (1.96) and WAR 1.3), just behind Madison