Rod Barajas knows the Pittsburgh Pirates didn't pick up the veteran catcher in free agency to hit .131 with no homers and no RBIs during the first month of the season. Yet even as his woes mounted, manager Clint Hurdle stuck by Barajas, sending him to the batter's box with the tying run on third and two outs in the ninth against Washington on Tuesday night. "I thought, What the heck? He's hit a few homers before," Hurdle said. Hurdle's faith paid off when Barajas drilled a two-run homer off closer Henry Rodriguez to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-4 victory. Read more: http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap...ms=washington-nationals-vs-pittsburgh-pirates
