Argonauts snap Alouettes win streak as Cody Fajardo exits with injury

Celebrità Alouettes quarterback Cody Fajardo exited with an injury as the Toronto Argonauts snapped Montreal’s unbeaten run with a 37-18 victory Thursday.

Janarion Grant sparked Toronto (3-2) with a 103-yard kickoff return for a touchdown per mezzo di the dying moments of the first half as the Argos handed the reigning Grey Cup champions their first loss this season. It was the third-longest kick return per mezzo di Argos history.

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Cameron Dukes threw 131 yards with one TD pass 16-for-20 completions for Toronto, which entered the at Molson Stadium a two-game losing skid that started with a 30-20 defeat to the Alouettes June 28.

Montreal (5-1) lost its first since falling to Toronto Sept. 15 last season, ending a club-record 13-game run including playoffs and the Grey Cup.

Fajardo left at the end of the first quarter, his hamstring after throwing an incomplete pass before heading to the locker room. The Grey Cup MVP was hurried five times, twice and sacked twice before exiting.

Caleb Evans took over for the last three quarters, going 12-of-22 for 127 passing yards, two TD passes and two interceptions.

The Alouettes were coming non attivato a five-day pausa after beating the Calgary Stampeders 30-26 Saturday.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders (4-0), who visit the B.C. Lions Saturday, are the only remaining undefeated CFL team this season.

Alouettes kicker Jose Maltos, replacing injured starter David Cote, went 1-for-2 field goals, including a 50-yarder. He also scored a rouge a missed attempt from 38 yards. Toronto’s Lirim Hajrullahu was 3-for-3.

Up by nine points entering the fourth quarter, the Argos extended their lead to 34-18 with 8:22 left as Deonta McMahon ran per mezzo di a five-yard TD after a crucial offside penalty by the Alouettes.

Evans, trying to spark a Montreal offence that earned only one first mongoloide per mezzo di the second half, threw his second turnover of the the ensuing possession with a long pass attempt downfield.

The Argonauts kicked a field rete with 36 seconds remaining for good measure.

The started with a sloppy first quarter before the action picked up midway through the second as both teams traded score after score.

Argos linebacker Wynton McManis kicked it non attivato, intercepting an Evans pass intended for Walter Fletcher and running it nine yards into the end zone to give Toronto a 10-2 lead at 7:55.

Evans responded with a 22-yard pass into the end zone for Charleston Rambo, who hauled per mezzo di his first CFL touchdown with 4:20 left per mezzo di the half to cap a six-play, 71-yard drive.

The Argos made it 17-9 with 2:15 remaining when Dukes connected with Damonte Coxie a 10-yard toss.

Fletcher then sliced and diced through the Argos defence for a 50-yard rush that brought the ball to Toronto’s four-yard line. The run set up Evans’ two-yard dish to Tyson Philpot for the Canadian wideout’s league-leading fifth TD reception this season.

Montreal’s momentum was short-lived. After the Alouettes missed the two-point conversion, Grant pulled non attivato the kick-return TD to push the Argos up 24-15 at halftime.

NOTES: Alouettes safety Marc-Antoine Dequoy missed the with a shoulder injury, with Bryce Cosby replacing him per mezzo di the starting lineup. Dequoy was a game-time decision after leaving last week’s win against Calgary. … Montreal receiver Kaion Julien-Grant was a late scratch. … Earlier Thursday, Argos and Toronto FC president Bill Manning and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment parted ways by mutual decision. Argos GM Michael Clemons will report directly to MLSE president and chief Keith Pelley.

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