WS Game 2 Bottom 5

Strike one to Pedroia. At 2-2, he grounds to Atkins, and I don't know how Helton didn't pull both hammies and both groins on that stretch.
On that first pitch swinging deal, three Red Sox have put the first pitch in play in the whole game, and one of those was Varitek's Sac Fly. Five Rockies have put the first pitch in play in the last two innings, one of those being Torrealba's Sac Bunt. Keep an eye on that little issue.
Youk takes strike one. With a full count, he flies deep to Taveras. Two down.
Papi takes ball one. He works it full. Jimenez is averaging a full count per inning. Papi walks.
Manny's turn. Ball one. Fox had a graphic that showed Manny's BA as .455 for his last 22 postseason games with RISP. That's probably one hit shy of .500. 1-2 to Manny, and that makes 20 pitches for Jimenez in the inning; that's 3 straight with 20+ pitches. Manny spanks one past Atkins into left. Papi's knee will only allow for station-to-station at this point.
This has been Lowell's situation all year. 120 RBI. That's the most any Boston third baseman has ever had in a season. Ball one. Ball two. Strike one, and that's the 26th pitch of the inning, 90th of the game. In the bottom of the fifth. Mikey doubles into the left field corner scoring Papi, Manny to 3rd. Sox lead 2-1! Resign Mikey! That's Re-sign Mikey!
And Jimenez is out of the game. Too many pitches in too few innings. He was ok through two, but then things blew up. 3rd: 24 pitches; 4th: 21 pitches; 5th: 26. That's five innings' work in three innings. Can't do that and survive. Affeldt comes in to pitch to Drew.
Jimenez, Inning: 26 pitches, 14 of them strikes; Game: 90 pitches, 49 strikes.
JD takes ball one. Ball two. He can blow it open. Strike one. The high pitch count also means walks. Runners mean runs, and that's the whole point, ain't it? Ball three. Strike two. Full up. Ball four to load the bases for The Captain. But he'll face Herges, not Affeldt.
Jeremy, 6 pitches, two strikes.
Ball one from Matt Herges to Tek. Remember my Time of Game rant from the ALCS? Two hours in tonight, just past the two hour mark. The Sox are being the Sox. At 2-1 Tek just misses one, flying to Holliday.
Herges, 4 pitches, two and two.
2-1 Sox after 5.