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CHICAGO - Jason Motte is moving to the other side of one of baseballs best rivalries.The veteran reliever is leaving St. Louis for a $4.5 million, one-year contract with the Chicago Cubs, according to a person with direct knowledge of the deal. Motte made his major league debut with the Cardinals in 2008 and had spent his entire career with the team that selected him in the 19th round of the 2003 draft.The person spoke to The Associated Press on Monday night on condition of anonymity because the team had not announced the agreement. The contract is pending a physical and includes bonuses that could increase the value to $7 million.WSCR-AM 670 was the first to report the agreement.Motte was one of baseballs top closers in 2012, when he had 42 saves in 49 chances and helped St. Louis reach the NL championship series. But the right-hander had elbow-ligament replacement surgery in May 2013 and missed that whole season. He returned this year and went 1-0 with a 4.68 ERA in 29 games.The deal with Motte gives Chicago another big arm for its bullpen and continues an impressive off-season for the Cubs.They jumped on Joe Maddon when the respected manager opted out of his contract with Tampa Bay, and bolstered their rotation with free-agent deals for Jon Lester and Jason Hammel. All-Star catcher Miguel Montero came over in a trade with Arizona.The Cubs went 73-89 last season and finished last in the NL Central after they lost 96 games in 2013. But the productive off-season and a handful of highly regarded prospects have produced a wave of optimism for fans of one of baseballs most forlorn franchises.Chicagos bullpen had a respectable 3.61 ERA last season, good for 15th in the majors. 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"It should be pointed out that the players didnt give up, even with a few minutes left." It was PSGs second straight win after last weekends equally difficult 2-1 win at Nantes, another promoted club, and underlined how Blancs team has yet to play with fluidity and teamwork despite having unlimited funds to recruit top talents. "We would like to be more calm and sure of ourselves, but thats not the case," he said. Leader Marseille, which has won all three games, can restore its four-point lead over PSG if it beats visiting Monaco on Sunday night. PSG needed a handling error from visiting goalkeeper Mamadou Samassa to break the deadlock in the first minute of injury time, when Rabiot kneed the ball over the line after Samassa palmed a shot into his path. "Its my first goal for PSG," Rabiot said. "Im happy the coach gave me my chance." Two minutes later, Ibrahimovic ran onto a long pass, muscled defender Jeremy Sorbon off the ball and slotted it past Samassa for his first goal in five games this season. The win moved PSG provisionally up to second place with eight points. Earlier, seventh-placed Lyons losing streak increased to four matches after being defeated 2-1 at Evian. Striker Edinson Cavani and centre half Thiago Silva both hit the crossbar with headers from corners in the first half. Ibrahimovic had almost scored in the fourth minute with a curling free kick that hit the post, and winger Ezequiel Lavezzi missed an open goal as the rebound landed at his feet. Despite fielding three players each costing more than 40 million euros ($52.5 million), PSG failed to show any attackking flair for most of a drab first half.dddddddddddd. Rabiot pounced when Samassa tried to pat the ball down after saving a header from a corner, rather than just pushing it wide, and it slipped out of his grasp. "You have to try and give (homegrown players) some playing time," Blanc said. "If they respond well, I wont hesitate to pick them." The fact PSG threaten most from corners is indicative that its buildup play remains fairly redundant and one-paced. Guingamp has nothing like the sort of money being pumped into PSG by Qatari investors but was mostly untroubled until the 36th when Samassa was called into action. He tipped over Cavanis glancing header from a corner, then saw Silvas header come back off the crossbar from the ensuing corner, and moments later made a smart double save to deny Cavani and midfielder Thiago Motta. Cavani cost (euro)64 million ($84 million) in the fifth most expensive transfer in history and looked the most threatening player. His angled shot was scrambled off the line shortly after the break and then he volleyed wide from a tight angle in the 65th. PSG enjoyed a big reprieve in the 76th when Mustapha Yatabare went clean through on goal, only for his shot to hit goalie Salvatore Sirigus face. Meanwhile, Lyons day got worse when midfielder Yoann Gourcuff limped off at halftime clutching the back of his left thigh. Coach Remi Garde was angry with the attitude shown by his players, with five members of the starting lineup homegrown. "Of course Im worried, especially if we carry on like this," Garde said. Striker Kevin Berigaud put Evian 2-0 up at halftime before midfielder Jordan Ferri replied with his first goal in professional football. Lyon has one of the most highly reputed academies in European football and there were six more homegrown players on the bench. In Saturdays other matches, it was: Bastia 2, Toulouse 1; Lorient 1, Valenciennes 0; Reims 0, Nantes 0; Rennes 0, Lille 0, and Sochaux 0, Ajaccio 0. Striker Vincent Aboubakar scored Lorients goal, while Romania striker Claudiu Keseru and midfielder Christian Romaric scored for Bastia. Saint-Etienne hosts Bordeaux and Nice faces Montpellier in Sundays other games. ' ' '