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QB Mike Reilly leads fourth quarter surge in Eskimos 33-16 win over Alouettes

Rennie Curran #35 (L) and Patrick Watkins #9 (top) of the Edmonton Eskimos jump on top of Duron Carter #89 of the Montreal Alouettes during a CFL game at Commonwealth Stadium on September 12, 2014 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Derek Leung/Getty Images

EDMONTON — Mike Reilly scored a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns in his return as quarterback to help the Eskimos to a 33-16 victory over the Montreal Alouettes on Friday, ending Edmonton’s two-game skid.

The Eskimos improved to 8-3 and moved into a tie for second place in the CFL’s West Division with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. All three of Edmonton’s losses this season have come against Calgary.

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Montreal had a two-game winning streak snapped to fall to 3-8, however the Alouettes still have a share of the lead in the struggling CFL East, tied for first with Toronto. Montreal has failed to capture a road win this season in five attempts.

The game had a very slow start, with Edmonton taking a 2-0 lead midway through the opening quarter on a safety. The Eskimos added a 39-yard Hugh O’Neill field goal to lead 5-0 at the end of the first.

Things didn’t get much more exciting from there for quite some time.

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Montreal responded with a 39-yard field goal of its own from Sean Whyte early in the second quarter.

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