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player ready...Elite group: Roberto Hernandez is on the verge of becoming just the fourth Sox pitcher in history to save 30 or more games. He has 29. The only other Sox pitchers with 30 or more saves were Bobby Thigpen, Bob James and current Sox broadcaster Ed Farmer.
Thigpen had four seasons of 30 or more saves-1991 (30), 1988 and 1989 (34) and 1990, when he had his record 57. Farmer had 30 saves in 1980 and James 32 in 1985. Hernandez should reach 30 saves faster than any Sox in history except Thigpen, who, in his record season, got his 30th save on July 15.
Buried: The Minnesota Twins, who come to Comiskey for a rare five-game series this weekend, have rallied to win only once in 66 games when they were trailing after eight innings this year. The Sox have 13 victories in their last at-bat.
Resurrected: Kirk McCaskill is scheduled to make his 14th start of the season-just his second in two months-against the Twins Sunday. He was 2-7 as a starter before going on the disabled list.