Texas Rangers infielder and designated hitter Michael Young and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw has been named the American League and National League Players of the Week for the period ending June 26th. In six games, Young batted .481 (13-for-27) with three doubles, four home runs, nine RBI and five runs scored on his way to earning his third career A.L. Player of the Week honor. The 12-year veteran paced all of baseball with a 1.037 slugging percentage and 28 total bases, was tied for first in hits, and was second in batting average and third in RBI. In addition, Young tied for the A.L. lead in home runs. In an Interleague matchup with the in-state rival Houston Astros on June 21st, the California native went 3-for-5 with a solo home run to help guide the Rangers to a 5-4, 11-inning victory at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. His second-inning shot was part of a four-home run barrage by Texas, the seventh time this season Texas has clubbed four-or-more homers in a game. In two starts last week, Kershaw was a perfect 2-0 with a 1.00 ERA while leading the Majors with 22 strikeouts, 18.0 innings pitched and two complete game performances. Kershaw allowed only eight hits and a single walk on the week while giving up just two earned runs. On June 20th, the 23-year-old dazzled in his first Interleague start of the 2011 campaign, two-hitting the Detroit Tigers in a complete-game shutout at Dodger Stadium. Kershaw struck out 11, walked one and threw 112 pitches for his second shutout of the season while helping his cause with a two-run, eighth-inning single in the Dodgers’ 4-0 win. The Texas native continued his Interleague dominance on Sunday, June 26th, going the distance against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in a 3-2 win in the final game of a three-game set at Chavez Ravine. Making his 100th-career start, the youngster struck out 11 batters for the second time during the week while holding Halo batters to two earned runs over his 9.0 innings of work.