"It's hard to know whether the All-Star break will benefit or hinder Adam Dunn. The way things are going for the White Sox' struggling slugger, it would be his luck to turn it around this weekend, only to be halted by four days off.

Dunn will opt for the best-case scenario: Start hitting against the Minnesota Twins, take a breather and pick up where he left off.

''Yeah, it would be nice to get it going a little bit before the All-Star break, take some time off and figure out some stuff and come back the second half and hopefully turn it around,'' Dunn said Thursday.

Manager Ozzie Guillen batted Dunn fourth in the lineup, moving Paul Konerko to third for the first time this season.

''I was tired of PK always leading off the second inning,'' said Guillen, who watched that happen the previous two games — both losses to the Kansas City Royals — with Dunn batting third. ''PK leading off is not good for the ballclub. I want to get him as many at-bats as I can.''"