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ATLANTA -- Evan Gattis just keeps coming through for the Atlanta Braves. The rookie hit a two-out, pinch-hit homer in the ninth to send the game to extra innings and Freddie Freeman won it in the 10th, sending the Braves to their fifth straight win, 5-4 over the slumping Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night. Freeman blooped a two-out single off Brian Duensing (0-1) to bring home Jason Heyward, handing the Twins their seventh straight loss. But Gattis was the talk of the clubhouse after his third pinch-hit homer of the season -- and second in four days. "Im kind of getting used to it," he said with a shrug. His teammates were left shaking their heads. "Its awesome to see," said Braves starter Tim Hudson, who worked five solid innings despite a lengthy rain delay. "People around the league are scratching their heads, trying to figure out how to make sure he doesnt put the ball in the seats." Gattis, who surprisingly made the team as a non-roster player, has been a key contributor all season. He was NL rookie of the month in April, getting plenty of starts while the Braves battled a string of injuries. Now, with all the regulars healthy, hes showing what he can do off the bench. It was his ninth homer of the season, four of which have been tying or go-ahead shots in the eighth inning or later. "I dont know how to explain it," Freeman said. "Its incomprehensible." Duensing got the first two hitters in the 10th, but Heyward doubled off the wall in left-centre. Justin Upton was intentionally walked before Freeman came through on a 3-2 pitch for his second RBI of the game. "It wasnt the prettiest swing," Freeman said, "but it got the job done." Gattis was looking for a pinch over the inside part of the plate. He got just what he was looking for on an 0-1 slider from Twins closer Glen Perkins, sending a drive deep into the left-field seats. "I was trying to hit the ball hard," Gattis said. "I dont try to hit home runs. It just happened." Trevor Plouffe and Ryan Doumit had RBI singles in the eighth against the depleted Atlanta bullpen, giving the Twins a 4-3 lead. They were one out away from snapping their slide, but Perkins couldnt finish the job. "I think he guessed right," Perkins said. "Youve got to make good pitches. That guy, hes up there to do one thing, and he did it." Craig Kimbrel (1-1) worked a scoreless 10th for the win. Brian McCann homered and drove in two runs for the Braves, while Hudson pitched around a 1-hour, 26-minute rain delay -- but they were afterthoughts in light of the dramatic comeback. The Braves bullpen, which lost two key relievers to season-ending surgeries in the past week, surrendered the lead in the eighth. Luis Avilan retired only one batter, giving up a hit and a walk. Plouffe tied the game at 3 with a slow roller off Cory Gearrin that got through the hole between first and second. Doumit followed with another hit to right, this one much sharper, to put the Twins ahead. "We made a nice comeback to get back in the game," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "Our bullpen did just a super job of shutting everything down." Until the end, that is. "A tough one," Gardenhire conceded. Hudson gave up five hits and two runs while striking out five. He bounced back from two rough starts, having allowed 11 runs in 8 2-3 innings in losses at San Francisco and Arizona. Anthony Swarzak pitched four solid innings in relief of Minnesota starter Mike Pelphrey, who gave up two runs in the first and was lifted after a fierce storm suddenly popped up with the Twins batting in the third. The umpires wasted no time calling for the ground crew, which struggled to get the tarp over the infield amid blinding rain and whipping winds. Then, as the storm began to break almost as quickly as it appeared, a power surge knocked out the lights and video board at Turner Field. The board came back on in a matter of seconds, but the lights took much longer to fire back up. Hudson was ready to go. "That was at least Double-A lighting," he quipped. "The kids in the bushes do it. Why cant we?" With the field fully lit, Hudson quickly gave up an RBI single to Justin Morneau, tying the game at 2. Leading off the fourth, McCann lined a pitch off Swarzak into the right-field seats that put the Braves back on top. Anthony Varvaro threw two scoreless innings for the Braves, but a bullpen that will have to do without Jonny Venters and Eric OFlaherty the rest of the season couldnt hold the lead. Turns out, that just set things up for another turn at hero by Gattis. "When I saw him going up there to hit," said Freeman, who also had an RBI double in the first, "I had a feeling we were going to be playing a little longer." Notes: The Twins will start RHP Samuel Deduno against the Tigers on Friday. 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PARIS -- Since Zlatan Ibrahimovic left Paris Saint-Germain, the sparkle has gone from Angel Di Marias play.The Argentina winger is a pale imitation of the player he was last season, when he enjoyed the best season of his career in terms of goals and was by far the best passer in the French league.This year, Di Maria has failed to score in nine league games and has only set up three goals -- considerably below his ratio from last season.Di Maria then scored 10 goals in the league and set up 18, with eight of them for Ibrahimovic, who is now playing for Manchester United.Both players enjoyed career highs in goals, with Ibrahimovic scoring a whopping 38 in 29 games.The imposingly strong Ibrahimovics ability to hold the ball up gave the fleet-footed Di Maria an ideal foil to play off -- and they combined superbly.When Ibrahimovic dropped deep, he would often lay the ball off to Di Maria, who would speed down the flanks.When Ibrahimovic played further forward, Di Maria made darting runs from the wing and cut inside, often swapping passes with Ibrahimovic before going through on goal.Edinson Cavani has replaced Ibrahimovic as the spearhead of PSGs attack, but he is much more of a roaming player, often drifting to the right flank to find space.That makes it harder for Di Maria to pick out Cavani, and only one of his league-high nine goals so far has been set up by the Argentine. All the other assists are from fullbacks.Di Marias only goal this season wwas against FC Basel in the Champions League last week -- a close-range finish when the ball fell kindly to him -- and it ended a barren run of 17 games for club and country without a goal.dddddddddddd.It did little for his confidence, though, as he was against way below his best in PSGs scoreless draw against Marseille on Sunday. Several of his passes went astray and he was jeered by the crowd at Parc des Princes.The 28-year-old Di Maria should be entering his peak years as a player, but he looks short on confidence and the instinctive side of his game seems to be suffering as a consequence.He is not dribbling with anything like the panache of last season, where his inspired flicks and touches helped to speed the game up.He has had other poor games, notably against Ludogrets in the Champions League, and against Toulouse and Bordeaux in the French league.But coach Unai Emery, who replaced Laurent Blanc this season, still backs him, hoping hell break through as soon as PSGs match at Lille on Friday.Hes an important player for us. Im going to give him confidence, help him to improve so he can play the way we would like, Emery said recently. Hes got a good attitude and keeps working.Perhaps hes working a bit too hard: Blancs shorter training sessions were perhaps more suitable for Di Maria, who has looked weary in games. ' ' '