HAMILTON \u2014 The Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats met for the first time this season on Friday Night Football, and the Tiger-Cats took the victory in front of their home crowd as they picked up a 32-21 win at Hamilton Stadium.<\/p>\n
Bo Levi Mitchell<\/a> threw for 230 yards and two touchdowns, Greg Bell<\/a> tallied 137 yards and a touchdown and Kenny Lawler<\/a> grabbed seven receptions for 97 yards in the win.<\/p>\n Chris Streveler<\/a> threw for 173 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions, as well as ran in a touchdown, Brady Oliveira<\/a> carried 15 times for 116 yards, and Ontaria Wilson<\/a> led the Blue Bombers through the air with 55 yards.<\/p>\n RELATED \u00a0<\/p>\n The Tiger-Cats got the home crowd on their feet early as Jamal Peters<\/a> picked off a screen for the opening drive interception, setting up first and goal. Bell scored the touchdown on the next play for Hamilton, running in a seven-yard score to take the lead.<\/p>\n Winnipeg answered back swiftly as what looked like it would have been a short-yardage run was a a wide-open Wheatfall touchdown to tie the game on next drive. The 42-yard run to the end zone from Wheatfall was his fourth touchdown of the year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n While Shemar Bridges had what looked to be a solid chance for the Tiger-Cats to get back in front, an unsuccessful coaches challenge saw them settle for a field goal instead, with Marc Liegghio<\/a> hitting his first field goal attempt from 43 yards out.<\/p>\n In the second quarter, Sergio Castillo<\/a> tied the game back up at 10 points each as he nailed a 45-yard field goal, but the battle of the kickers would just begin as Liegghio responded on the very next drive with a successful 35-yard kick of his own to put Hamilton in front once again.<\/p>\n After the back and forth, the second turnover of the night from Winnipeg led to a double-digit lead for Hamilton as DaShaun Amos<\/a> picked off Streveler and returned the ball 22 yards to the Winnipeg 26-yard line, setting up a Tim White<\/a> seven-yard touchdown to lead by 10.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The two sides traded punts on each of their opening drives of the second half before Hamilton extended the lead with a chip shot from Liegghio from 13 yards out, but Castillo would cut into that as he closed out the quarter with a 26-yard kick to head into the final frame of action.<\/p>\n With seven minutes left to play in the game Liegghio came in clutch once again for the Tiger-Cats as he hit a 23-yard attempt to put Hamilton\u2019s lead back up to 13. Shortly after, Devin Veresuk<\/a> was injured and had to be carted off on a play where he sacked Streveler for a loss of eight yards.<\/p>\n A relentless drive from Hamilton that started on the Winnipeg seven-yard line, Mitchell made a massive connect for first and goal as he found White for 23 yards, before Bell tallied his second touchdown of the night.<\/p>\n
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