Pesky Tiger-cats keep Eskimos winless at home

EDMONTON — Greg Ellingson reeled in a pair of Henry Burris TD passes as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats held on to snap a two-game losing skid with a narrow 30-29 victory over the Edmonton Eskimos in a battle between two of the CFL’s cellardwellers on Friday night.

The Tiger-Cats (2-4) also broke a nine-game road losing streak extending back into last season.

The Eskimos dropped to 1-5 and are 0-3 to start the season at home for the first time since the construction of Commonwealth Stadium.

The Tiger-Cats capitalized on a long drive as Burris had a ton of time to connect with Ellingson for a 17-yard passing major with just under two minutes to play in the second quarter to make it 17-6.

Edmonton battled back to remain in the game with five minutes left as a 35yard passing play to Cary Koch set up a seven-yard TD pass from Reilly to a leaping Marcus Henry to make it 27-22. The TigerCats kicked a field goal to give themselves an important cushion with two minutes left, making it 30-22.

Edmonton came flying back as a 40-yard passing play to Koch led to a three- yard passing play from Kerry Joseph to Calvin McCarthy with 1:24 remaining. The Eskimos attempted a two-point convert to tie the game but running back Jon White dropped a pass from Joseph.

Hamilton attempted a passing play on second down with under 30 seconds left and were unable to run out the clock and the Eskimos got the ball back to midfield, but Shaw’s 50-yard field goal try came up short.