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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. James Patrick Jersey . The deal will pay Hainsey $3 million for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons and $2.5 million in 2016-17. Martin St. Louis Jersey . - Whether its because of her improved play or the reason for it, Michelle Wie appears as comfortable on and off the golf course as at any time in her career. http://www.cheapnewyorkrangersjerseys.com/?tag=adidas-brian-leetch-jersey . The 25-year-old McIlroy, who is from Northern Ireland, was eligible to play for either Ireland or Team GB when golf makes its return to the Olympics in Brazil for the first time since 1904. Mike Gartner Jersey .com) - The Buffalo Bills will return to the friendly confines of Ralph Wilson Stadium on Sunday when they welcome the upstart Cleveland Browns to town. Jimmy Vesey Jersey .com) - The fading Ottawa Senators have a chance to make up some ground in the playoff race on Tuesday night as they play host to the New York Rangers.(SportsNetwork.com) - The St. Louis Blues will try to rebound from only their second loss of 2015 when they host the struggling Toronto Maple Leafs in Saturdays tilt at Scottrade Center. The Blues own a 5-1-1 record in January, but they had a five-game winning streak halted in Thursdays overtime setback against visiting Detroit. The 3-2 loss dropped St. Louis to 3-0-1 on a seven-game homestand that wont end until after next weeks All-Star break. St. Louis currently sits tied for second in the Central Division with Chicago and is four points ahead of fourth-place Winnipeg. The Blues rallied to earn a point on Thursday, as they trailed the Red Wings 2-0 after 40 minutes before sending the game to OT with two goals in the third period. David Backes cut the deficit to 2-1 with a power-play goal at 3:58 of the third and Alex Steen registered the equalizer with just 48 second remaining in regulation. Detroit, however, would earn the extra point thanks to Pavel Datsyuks marker with 2.2 seconds left in the extra session. The Red Wings star forward fired away from the inner arc of the left circle and his rising shot caught the crook between Brian Elliotts arm and body, then squeezed through and rippled the net inside the near post. Elliott ended up making 21 stops for the Blues, who had a home winning streak halted at four games. I thought they had too much offensive zone time, Steen said. It felt like Detroit was a step quicker than us tonight and it cost us the game. Elliott will get the call in net for the Blues. He is 4-5-1 with a 3.06 goals against average in 11 career starts against the Maple Leafs. St. Louis boasts a 16-4-2 record as the host this season and is 4-1-2 in its last sevenn home games against Toronto.dddddddddddd. The Blues are 5-0-2 in the past seven overall meetings with the Leafs, who have lost six of seven to begin January. Toronto is 0-3 on a four-game road trip that ends tonight and the Leafs so far have managed just one goal on the swing. After getting shutout 2-0 and 4-0 in Los Angeles and Anaheim on Monday and Wednesday, respectively, the Maple Leafs lost 3-1 Thursday night in San Jose. The Sharks jumped out to a 2-0 lead before Toronto ended its scoring drought thanks to Roman Polaks goal with 8:03 left in the first period. However, neither team scored again until San Jose sealed the victory with an empty- netter in the final minute of regulation. James Reimer absorbed the loss for Toronto despite stopping 39-of-41 shots. Reims played a great game, Leafs defenseman Cody Franson said of his goaltender. Its unfortunate when a goalie plays that well, gets a tough loss. We feel for him and we feel it as a group. The setback dropped Toronto to 1-4-0 since interim coach Peter Horachek replaced Randy Carlyle. The Leafs were in playoff position at the time of Carlyles firing, but are currently seven points out of a postseason berth in the Eastern Conference. Toronto played without forward David Booth, who was sidelined with a broken nose suffered when he was elbowed by Anaheims Sami Vatanen on Wednesday. Fellow Maple Leafs forward Leo Komarov sat out a second straight game on Thursday with an upper-body injury. Both players are questionable for tonight. The Leafs, who will host Carolina on Monday, are expected to go with Jonathan Bernier in net tonight. Bernier is 2-3-0 with a 3.18 GAA in six lifetime appearance against St. Louis. ' ' '