Tightroping with Shingo

Sox beat up on the hapless Royals, sweeping them at home and improving to the league best 21-7 record with a 2-1 win in Chicago. Winning streak goes to 5.
Sox have done well since they dropped 2 of 3 in Oakland, and it seems the injury problems won't last. Offense has been struggling, but the pitching has negated the lack of runs, for the most part.

Noteworthy
A. Jose Contreras finally wins a game, and not because he's been pitching poorly.
He went 8 innings and only gave up 4 hits while striking out 6 and walking one. The most impressive part of his day is that he only needed 102 pitches, 69 of which were strikes, to keep the team in the game. With the emergence of Jon Garland and consistent performances from Garcia and Buehrle, the starting rotation looks like one of the best in the league right now.
B. Ozzie stuck with Shingo in the crunch, and Shingo delivered. So long as Shingo is the closer, Ozzie needs to show Takatsu that he believes in him. Outings like this should build some confidence.
C. Sox didn't need a single hit to score 2 runs. Peg that to Andy Sisco, but the batters laid off when the KC relievers didn't get the ball over the plate. That's how they should play the game. Don't give away outs, and make them prove that they can make their pitches.
D. Zack Greinke is 0-3, but not for the lack of trying. He pitched a great game, going 7 2/3 innings while giving up 2 hits, striking out 5 and walking one. And he did it on 85 pitches, 53 of them strikes. He just needs to find a way to stay in games longer.

Concerns
A. Paul Konerko's hitting .190, with a .726 OPS. I'm actually impressed at his OPS, considering how poorly he has been hitting lately. He needs to turn that around and be the run producer. With the loss of Lee and Ordonez, and Frank slow to recover from his surgery, he needs to be the big bad power hitter.
Looks like it's gonna be another slow start, just like in 2003. But it seems that he's hitting the ball hard, just at fielders. It'll turn around, so long as he stays with his swing.
B. Jermaine Dye is 8-for-22 from April 26 to May 5. That's better, but still not good enough. 3 of those 8 hits were doubles, and he has only driven in one run.
The watch continues.
C. Shingo needed 28 pitches to get 3 outs today. He stuck in there and got it done, but he didn't locate. He was ahead of Sweeney before he walked him, and he had a chance to get Stairs out before he walked him, too. Then he threw behind Terrence Long to move the go-ahead run to 2nd. He makes it harder than it needs to be, and you can't survive in the majors that way.