Thursday's CFL Capsules
Jul 4, 2008 - 6:41 AM By PA SportsTickerHAMILTON 32, TORONTO 13-----------------------TORONTO (Ticker) -- Casey Printers and Jesse Lumsden each ran for a pair of touchdowns as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats rolled to a 32-13 victory over the Toronto Argonauts.Lumsden rushed for 189 yards on 20 carries, capping the blowout with a 57-yard fourth-quarter jaunt. Hamilton (1-1) spoiled Toronto's home opener by running over them to the tune of 311 yards on the ground.Printer completed 16-of-23 passes for 171 yards in helping the Tiger-Cats snap a nine-game losing streak to the Argonauts (1-1). Printers' two touchdown runs put the Tiger-Cats up, 14-6,at halftime, and Lumsden's 5-yard score made it 21-6 with 3:50 left in the third.Quarterback Kerry Joseph scored on an 8-yard run in the third quarter for Toronto, which got a pair of field goals from Mike Vanderjagt. The most accurate kicker in NFL history, Vanderjagtconnected from 50 yards out in the first and hit a 27-yarder in the second.EDMONTON 34, CALGARY 31-----------------------EDMONTON, Alberta (Ticker) -- Ricky Ray connected with Jason Tucker on a 36-yard touchdown with 55 seconds left to play to lift the Edmonton Eskimos to a 34-31 victory over the Calgary Stampeders.Ray completed 27-of-41 passes for 448 yards and three scores to help the Eskimos (1-1) snap a seven-game losing streak dating tolast season.Calgary took its first lead of the game when Henry Burris hit Brett Ralph for a 65-yard TD strike that pulled the Stampeders (1-1) within 26-24 with 9:35 left in the fourth.Burris later found Nik Lewis on a 20-yard scoring pass for a 31-27 lead with just 1:38 to play, but Ray and Tucker hooked up late to help the Eskimos avoid losing an eighth straight game for the first time since 1971.Kelly Campbell hauled in eight passes for 158 yards and a pair of scores, and Tucker finished with four catches for 93 yards for Edmonton.Burris completed 23-of-35 passes for 330 yards and three TDs butwas picked off two times.No one has shouted yet.
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