Ticats smoke the Argos, 34-15!

HAMILTON -- Kevin Glenn threw two TD passes to lead the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to a 34-15 win over the Toronto Argonauts on Monday.

Hamilton (5-4) snapped a six-game home losing streak against Toronto (2-7). The two teams don't have the luxury of time to mull over this one. The Argos host the Ticats on Friday night.

The win was important for Hamilton, which moved four points ahead of third-place Winnipeg (3-6) in the East Division standings and to within four points of first-place Montreal (7-2). Toronto remains last in the conference.

Hamilton receiver Arland Bruce III, facing the Argos for the first time since they dealt him earlier this summer, didn't score but made an impact. He finished with six catches for 115 yards - including grabs for 44 and 43 yards that set up Ticats' TDs.

And Toronto fell to 0-5 since trading Bruce. The Ticats are now 3-2 since acquiring Bruce.

Hamilton controlled the contest with a stout defence that registered three sacks and forced three turnovers, thrilling the noisy sellout gathering of 30,293. But the Ticats' offence had trouble putting the game away with its struggles in the red zone.

On three separate occasions, Hamilton drove inside the Toronto 10-yard line, but could only muster seven points (two field goals, single). But third-string quarterback Adam Tafralis's one-yard TD run at 13:40 of the third gave the Ticats a 28-13 lead and cemented the win.

Nick Setta connected from 29 yards out at 8:07 of the fourth to make it 31-13 after Hamilton's Dylan Barker recovered Will Poole's fumble off a punt return at the Toronto 22-yard line.

The contest was a tame one, that is, until late in the third when a melee ensued, resulting in Toronto offensive lineman Taylor Robertson and Hamilton defensive lineman Justin Hickman both being ejected.

Hamilton's first possession of the second half began at the Toronto 40-yard line thanks to Markeith Knowlton's recovery of Cody Pickett's fumble. But after driving to the Argos' two-yard line, the Ticats settled for Setta's nine-yard field goal at 6:48