"White Sox captain Paul Konerko may miss a third start Sunday as his left wrist was still too tender to play Saturday night.

"I don't expect him to play (Sunday)," manager Ozzie Guillen said. "If he comes out and says he can play, that's a plus."

Konerko had a relatively minor procedure — "surgery is a strong word," he said — Friday when his wrist was injected with a painkiller and doctors inserted a needle to flush out a bone fragment that has caused his wrist to lock up for years.

Konerko said it rarely locked up while he was playing, but in the "last couple of months it became more frequent" and surgery was not an option now because it might take two months to heal."