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SAN DIEGO - The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired left-handed reliever Antonio Bastardo from the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday for minor league lefty Joely Rodriguez. The 29-year-old Bastardo went 5-7 with a 3.94 ERA this year with the Phillies. He struck out 81 and walked 34 in 64 innings. In six big league seasons — all with the Phillies — he is 20-18 with a 3.72 ERA. He has 324 strikeouts in 259 innings. The Pirates were searching for left-handed bullpen help after sending Justin Wilson to the New York Yankees for catcher Francisco Cervelli last month. We had Antonio profiled very high on our list of potential bullpen acquisitions, watched him over the years, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said at the winter meetings. Gives us a second left-hander in the bullpen, and not just a left on left specialist, somebody who can cut through some right handers. Bastardo made $2 million this year and is the 12th Pirates player that is arbitration eligible. He can be a free agent after next season. A starter, the 23-year-old Rodriguez pitched at Double-A this season. He was named an Arizona Fall League top prospect Wednesday. Its a good day. Its a hard day, Hurdle said. Julio is one of our own. Weve grown him up. Hes a young, good looking left-handed pitcher, Dominican kid that we all love. And to get something that was always yours, youve got to give up something. Custom New York Mets Nike Jerseys . -- Jack Del Rio only wanted to talk about the Cowboys, not the Trojans. Custom Seattle Mariners Nike Jerseys . The Detroit Tigers closer blew a three-run lead in the ninth inning Wednesday night against the Dodgers. https://www.custombaseballnikejerseys.co...ns-nike-jerseys. His fellow Finn, 21 years his junior, had just arrived in Anaheim and was hoping to stick with the Ducks. Custom Baseball Jerseys China . He still wanted out. "It just seemed like the direction they were going didnt fit what I thought my career was going to be," Kesler said. "At the end of the day I want to win a championship and I want to win it now, and four years is a little too long for me. Custom Los Angeles Dodgers Nike Jerseys . However, Therrien added that Galchenyuks status for next Wednesdays game against the Detroit Red Wings is questionable. Galchenyuk has been out since Jan. 6 with a broken right hand.TORONTO — Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice in regulation time and again in the shootout as Denmark halted a 15-game losing streak to win its first ever game at the world junior hockey championship, 4-3 over Switzerland in round-robin play on Tuesday.Mikkel Aagaard had a goal and an assist for Denmark (1-3 with two overtime losses), while Anders Krogsgaard rounded out the offence.Georg Sorensen stopped 42 shots through regulation and overtime and two more in the shootout. I was happy with how I played today, Sorensen said. I played well yesterday, so I just did my routines again today. We had great guys in front of me, and they played welll today also.dddddddddddd We gave it everything we had. Were exhausted but happy.Kevin Fiala and Kris Schmidli scored twice in just over a minute to give Switzerland (1-2) a 2-0 lead in the first period. Timo Meier added a goal and an assist.Gauthier Descloux made 20 saves in the loss, including one in the shootout.I think we played a good game, said Swiss forward Luca Hischier. We had 45 shots. I think we were the better team but they scored twice with the power play.Denmark can advance to the quarter-finals if Russia beats the Czechs (in regulation or overtime) and Sweden beats Switzerland in regulation on Wednesday. ' ' '