SUNDAY SPORTS PAGE: ALS TAKE DOWN TICATS 27-14

HAMILTON – Caleb Evans and Regis Cibasu scored fourth-quarter touchdowns to rally the Montreal Alouettes past the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 27-14 on Saturday night.

Montreal (4-3) moved into second in the East Division with a second straight victory. The Alouettes also won the season series – and tiebreaker – with a fourth straight regular-season win over Hamilton (3-5) and fifth in six meetings.

Evans’ one-yard TD at 2:28 of the fourth put Montreal ahead 15-14 before Cody Fajardo hit Austin Mack on a two-point convert. Fajardo’s 46-yard completion to Quartney Davis on a flea flicker highlighted the five-play, 77-yard drive but a pass interference call on Hamilton’s Tunde Adeleke in the end zone set up Evans’ run.

David Cote’s 38-yard field goal at 5:03 pushed Montreal’s lead to 20-14. It was set up by defensive lineman Shawn Lemon’s interception.

Fajardo’s 37-yard TD strike to Cibasu at 8:26 moved Montreal ahead 27-15 and cemented the victory. The Alouettes outscored the Ticats 18-0 in the fourth and 24-3 (scoring 24 straight points) in the second half, to the dismay of the Tim Hortons Field gathering of 21,467.

Fajardo finished 19-of-25 passing for 318 yards with a TD and two interceptions. Mack, who was a game-time decision, had five catches for 106 yards while William Stanback ran for 106 yards on 19 carries.

Rookie Taylor Powell, making his second CFL start, completed 20-of-31 passes for 202 yards and two interceptions for the Ticats, who fell to 1-3 this season at Tim Hortons Field.

UP NEXT

The Alouettes host the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday, while the Tiger-Cats have a bye week and then host the Edmonton Elks on Aug. 17.

(Canadian Press)

MLB

Brandon Belt hit a solo homer and go-ahead single, George Springer went 4-for-4, and the Toronto Blue Jays benefitted from Reese McGuire’s game-ending baserunning blunder to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 at Fenway Park on Saturday. Rafael Devers hit his 26th homer, a game-tying three-run homer for Boston, which lost for the sixth time in seven games and fell into last place in the AL East.

Gunnar Henderson and Anthony Santander homered, Kyle Gibson pitched seven innings of four-hit ball to earn his 100th win, and the surging Baltimore Orioles strengthened their position atop the AL East by beating the New York Mets 7-3 on Saturday. With their seventh win in nine games, the Orioles moved a season-high three games ahead of second-place Tampa Bay and improved their record to an AL-best 69-and-42. Elsewhere, the Seattle Mariners edged the host Los Angeles Angels 3-2 to stay in the wild-card hunt.

Tim Anderson of the Chicago White Sox and Jose Ramirez of the host Cleveland Guardians exchanged punches at second base Saturday, triggering a bench-clearing melee in the sixth inning that led to 6 ejections. Cleveland manager Terry Francona, third base coach Mike Sarbaugh and closer Emmanuel Clase, and Chicago manager Pedro Grifol were ejected for their actions later in a fight that included multiple flare-ups on the infield and in foul territory. It took 15 minutes before order was restored. The White Sox won 7-4

WORLD UNDER-18’S

Forward Malcolm Spence scored with seven seconds left in the first overtime period as Canada clipped Czechia 3-2 to capture gold at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup today. Canada led by a goal with five minutes remaining before Czechia scored late to force the extra frame. It’s Canada’s 24th title at the men’s summer under-18 hockey tournament after also winning last year in Red Deer, Alberta.