{"id":12695,"date":"2025-07-21T10:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/12695\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T10:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:31:09","slug":"mitchell-leads-tiger-cats-past-struggling-redblacks-for-fourth-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/12695\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitchell leads Tiger-Cats past struggling Redblacks for fourth straight win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Dustin Crum (18) is sacked by Hamilton Tiger-Cats defensive lineman TyJuan Garbutt (9) during first half CFL action in Ottawa on Sunday, July 20, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Spencer ColbySpencer Colby\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Bo Levi Mitchell led the surging Hamilton Tiger-Cats to their second consecutive victory over the Ottawa Redblacks with a 30-15 win on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Ottawa (1-6) dropped its fourth straight and continues to search for its first home win of the season.<\/p>\n

Mitchell finished the game 21-for-33 for 327 yards, one touchdown and one interception. The Ticats have won four CFL games in a row to improve to 4-2.<\/p>\n

Dustin Crum, who was forced into action after a Dru Brown injury, was 16-for-22 for 149 yards and one interception for the hosts.<\/p>\n

Hamilton took a 27-15 lead midway through the fourth quarter after Ante Milanovic-Litre scored on a one-yard run, following Jevoni Robinson being stopped just short of the goal line.<\/p>\n

Marc Liegghio added his third field goal of the game \u2014 this one from 25 yards out \u2014 with just over one minute remaining.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Ottawa cut the deficit to 20-15 with Lewis Ward\u2019s fifth field goal of the night, a 27-yarder, after Adarius Pickett intercepted Mitchell and returned it to Hamilton\u2019s 24. The turnover came just two plays after Crum was picked off late in the third.<\/p>\n

With six minutes to play in the third Mitchell showed his veteran poise on second-and-18, finding Kiondre Smith for a 63-yard gain that set up first-and-goal at Ottawa\u2019s three. On the next play, Treshaun Ward punched it in to give Hamilton a 20-12 lead.<\/p>\n

Ward kicked four field goals from 21, 28, 33 and 45 yards to bring Ottawa within one, to trail 13-12 at halftime. His final kick came as time expired in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

Liegghio added a 36-yard field goal late in the second quarter for Hamilton and opened the game with a 27-yarder, his 28th straight kick which is the longest active streak in the league.<\/p>\n

Brown left the game early in the second quarter after taking a blindside hit from Dashaun Amos. He completed 6-of-8 passes for 66 yards and one interception before being replaced by Crum. Hamilton was penalized 25 yards for a major foul on the play, which Ottawa turned into a field goal.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the first quarter, Brown was intercepted at Ottawa\u2019s 46-yard line. Two plays later, Mitchell threw a 41-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Lawler, giving him his league-leading eighth touchdown of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Dustin Crum (18) is sacked by Hamilton Tiger-Cats defensive lineman…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,521,875,522,520,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,82,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-12695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadian-news","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}