Sox slugger Dunn out after appendectomy

Adam Dunn will be out of the Chicago White Sox lineup for at least five days after undergoing an emergency appendectomy after Tuesday night's game against the Royals.Dunn will travel home with the team Wednesday night after undergoing the laproscopic procedure.Dunn is the second slugger this season to be sidelined by an appendectomy. Matt Holliday of the St. Louis Cardinals underwent the same surgery last week. Dunn, 31, was 0 for 4 with a walk and was hit by a pitch in the leg Tuesday night in the Sox's 7-6 loss at Kansas City in 12 innings. He was lifted for a pinch runner in the top of the 12th inning. Dunn has played in at least 152 games each season since 2004. The only time he was placed on the 15 day disabled list occurred in 2003, when he suffered a torn ligament in his left thumb and missed the final seven weeks of the season. Dunn was batting .286 with one double, one home run and five RBIs in the Sox's first four games. His injury will give more playing time to Lastings Milledge, Brent Lillibridge and perhaps left-handed hitter Mark Teahen. The Sox will face left handers Jeff Francis of Kansas City and Tampa Bay's David Price in their next two games