TORONTO — Bo Levi Mitchell threw four touchdown passes as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeated the Toronto Argonauts 47-29 on Saturday afternoon, eliminating the defending Grey Cup champions from playoff contention.
Mitchell’s 34-yard strike to Kenny Lawler just 52 seconds into the fourth, put Hamilton ahead 39-22. It came after Toronto outscored the Ticats 13-0 in the third to pull to within 32-22.
The TD grab was Lawler’s seventh in three games versus Toronto. Hamilton won the season series 2-1.
Liegghio’s 33-yard boot — set up by Stavros Katsantonis’s second of three picks — put Hamilton ahead 42-22 at 4:16. But Doege countered with a 15-yard TD pass to Kevin Mital at 8:05, cutting the deficit to 42-29.
Philip Ossai sacked Jarret Doege — Ossai’s third of the game — in the end zone for a