RELIEVERS: Elite and noteworthy skills from July

Which relievers were tough in July? Let's use some filters: at least five innings pitched, at least one save or hold, and lowest xERA. Simple stuff. Let's see what it catches starting with xERAs under 2.00 for July:

xERA under 2.00     Sv Hd  IP   ERA xERA WHIP K% K%-BB% HR/9 xERA'
=================   == == ==== ==== ==== ==== == ====== ==== ====  
E.Diaz (NYM)         6  0 10.7 0.00 0.67 0.28 64   61    0.0 1.55 
R.Pressly (HOU)      6  0 10.0 0.00 1.18 0.00 57   57    0.0 3.03
J.Adam (TAM)         2  4  8.7 2.08 1.58 0.81 41   41    2.1 2.83
J.Schreiber (BOS)    1  3 13.7 2.63 1.67 0.73 35   31    0.7 2.32
F.Bautista (BAL)     0  4 10.0 1.80 1.77 0.50 49   43    0.9 3.05
A.Munoz (SEA)        0  7 12.3 0.00 1.79 0.49 44   39    0.0...

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