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DETROIT -- Alex Avila took advantage of a rare mistake from Stephen Strasburg. Avila hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the sixth inning on a Strasburg fastball right over the plate, lifting the Detroit Tigers to a 5-1 win over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night. "When youre facing a guy like Strasburg, you may get one pitch all game to do something," Avila said. Anibal Sanchez (9-7) gave up one run, five hits and two walks over seven innings for Detroit. Jose Veras, a day after being acquired from Houston, was perfect in the eighth in his Tigers debut. Joaquin Benoit, who will keep his job as the teams closer, gave up one hit in the ninth inning. Sanchez, who has given up two earned runs combined in his last three starts, isnt ready to say hes in a groove. "I need to keep working on my command," he said. "My first pitch for a strike is not there yet and I need that." Strasburg (5-9) allowed five runs, six hits and three walks while striking out seven over seven innings. Strasburg is winless in his last four starts and has given up at least four earned runs in three of his last five outings. "I thought he pitched great," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said. "He just made one mistake and Avila crushed it. Until that inning, the way he was cruising, I thought we might get nine innings out of him." The AL Central-leading Tigers have won four straight and eight of nine to move 15 games over .500 for the first time this season. Washington started strong, scoring a run on three hits in the first against Sanchez. Bryce Harper led off with a triple and scored on Ryan Zimmermans single. Then, the Nationals couldnt get much else going offensively. "Were not swinging the bats that badly, but we never seem to score for Stephen," Johnson said. "I cant explain that." The Nationals have scored a combined total of nine runs in Strasburgs last four outings. Miguel Cabrera faced Strasburg for the first time in the regular season with two outs and a runner on base in the first and he hit a 2-0 pitch sharply up the middle for a single, but was stranded when Victor Martinez hit an inning-ending flyout. Cabrera later, trying to field a grounder in the fifth inning, appeared to aggravate the left hip injury that had recently knocked him out of the lineup, but he stayed in the game. "It bothered him a little bit," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. Andy Dirks hit a game-tying double in the fourth inning and if a fan, sitting in the front row along the third-base line, didnt field the ball with his glove, the Tigers mightve gone ahead. Jhonny Peralta was sent back to third base after scoring, and Avila ended the inning with a flyout. The catcher made up for the missed opportunity a few innings later, sending Strasburgs 2-1 pitch soaring deep into the right-field seats to give the a four-run lead. "I pitched well, minus one pitch," Strasburg said. "That was supposed to be a fastball away, but it came back over the plate and he put a good swing on it." NOTES: Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski said before the game that didnt anticipate making another trade before Wednesdays non-waiver deadline, but did in fact make a deal after the game. Detroit acquired IF Jose Iglesias from Boston for OF Avisail Garcia and RHP Brayan Villarreal, adding a much-needed option if Peralta is suspended as part of baseballs Biogenesis drug investigation. ... Johnson said he doesnt expect the Nationals to make a trade before the non-waiver deadline. ... Johnson said pitching coach Steve McCatty, a Detroit native, was still in a hospital, two days after he was taken there to treat an irregular heartbeat and high blood pressure. He is expected to be released Wednesday. "Just being really careful with him," Johnson said. 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Hargreaves began his career in 2008 with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and has played with the Edmonton Eskimos and last season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.Haas could delay a final decision on its 2017 driver line-up until the end of the current season, according to team owner Gene Haas.F1s newest team is yet to confirm who will partner Romain Grosjean next year, with uncertainty swirling around Esteban Gutierrezs future. The Mexican driver is confident he will remain on the grid next season but recently admitted the situation had become complicated, without elaborating further.Though a decision was originally slated for September, Haas is wait to continue until the season finale in November.I dont think weve made any hard decisions, Haas told reporters ahead of his teams home grand prix. Were happy with our drivers as they are, but were still evaluating everything and theres no advantage for us to say exactly who we may or may not have drive in 2017.We just keep evaluating, and every week we have a little bit more information. I wouldnt be surprised if we wait until the end of the season to make a deecision.ddddddddddddYou never know who might become available that might change our perspective, so theres no big advantage to announcing our line-up sooner.Gutierrez is yet to score a point in 2016, with all of Haas 26 from this season alongside Grosjeans name. Haas has suggested the delay is for Gutierrez to further stake his claim for another year with the team.Weve not excluded Esteban or anything like that. He is our current driver and were happy -- theres four more races to bring in more information to decide what we want to do. Every race is important, and every race has a story to tell. We just want to evaluate things.Speaking to media on Tuesday, Haas ruled out signing an American driver for 2017, saying there is no-one with the F1 experience required to help the team master next seasons extensive rule changes. ' ' '