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VANCOUVER - Mike Reilly did not have much time to get sentimental Friday night. Since the Edmonton Eskimos flew into Vancouver for their CFL pre-season game against his former B.C. Lions earlier in the day and flew home later, he was able to concentrate on the difficult task of playing his former team for the first time since he was traded to Edmonton in the off-season. Reilly made the deal look good as he threw for 202 yards and a touchdown as the Edmonton Eskimos beat the B.C. Lions 27-22 on Friday night. "It was kind of a nice setup for me personally, because it was all happening so fast," said Reilly. "It was just all focusing on the game. But now that thats over with, I think the regular season will be much easier." Reilly excelled after a season-ending knee injury to Matt Nichols a week earlier assured him of being Edmontons starting quarterback once the regular season commences. But he did not feel any additional burden knowing that the Eskimos are placing their hopes on him after missing the playoffs last season. "I was going into every week as if I was going to be the starter in the season anyway," said Reilly, a 28-year-old Kennewick, Wash., native who spent two-plus seasons with the Lions. "So thats how I was trying to prepare myself." The Eskimos signal-caller and B.C. counterpart Travis Lulay, close friends during their days with the Lions, matched each other almost yard for yard while playing late into the third quarter. Reilly completed 13-of-18 passes for 202 yards while Lulay went 15 for 26 for 203 yards. Edmonton and B.C. both finished the pre-season with 1-1 records. Ironically, one of Reillys finest moments came on a broken play as he threw 50-yard touchdown pass to Cary Koch in the second quarter. The Edmonton quarterback ran his way out of trouble and then threw a pass along the sidelines to Koch, who held on to the ball while being bowled over by Josh Bell and J.R. LaRose. The TD gave the Eskimos the lead for the first time, at 14-8, and they never trailed again. "One thing about my game is that, at times, I get out of the pocket," said Reilly. "I can run, but I prefer to look down field, because theres usually a play thats potentially going to happen. "Those (receivers) did a great job of understanding that it was staying alive, and it turned to be a big play for us." Reilly and Koch almost connected for another touchdown later in the second quarter, but Bell made amends for his earlier miscue as he stepped in front of the Edmonton receiver and intercepted the ball. But Edmonton coach Kavis Reed had few complaints about Reillys performance. "I thought he did a very good job of managing the game," said Reed, adding he also made some nice adjustments. The Edmonton coach praised Reilly for showing professionalism while he was competing for the No. 1 job with Nichols before he was injured against Saskatchewan, and added the former Lion lived up to expectations after he entered the game knowing he was already assured of being the teams starter in the regular season. Lions defensive back Ryan Phillips was also impressed with his former teammate. "I felt like he controlled the game," said Phillips. "He came back with a winning game. He was efficient, he was scrambling around and he made plays. "We gave him opportunities to do that, and he seized the moment. Other than that, Im not going to discredit him at all." Reillys replacement Jonathan Crompton impressed early in the fourth quarter as he threw a 65-yard touchdown strike to Isaiah Sweeney, staking Edmonton to a 27-15 lead. But just two minutes later, Lions rookie S.J. Haidara narrowed the deficit to 27-22 on a spectacular 59-yard touchdown pass from Thomas DeMarco, the heir to Reillys former backup post with the Lions. After catching the ball, Haidara, a 24-year-old rookie out of Laval University, spun away from Edmonton defensive back Mike Miller, then cut back, romped towards the end zone and dove over the goal-line. But DeMarco squandered chances in the late going to get the Lions back in the lead, failing to connect with Elvis Akpla in the end zone on a third-and-five gamble and fumbling on the final play of the game with the Lions again in touchdown range following a 41-yard reception from Haidara. But Reilly was not getting too excited about his effort. "It is still a pre-season game," said Reilly. "Were happy to get the win, but weve got some work to do before the next one." Notes: Hugh ONeill handled B.C.s kicking duties after veteran Paul McCallum sat out with a sore groin, while linebacker Adam Bighill was sidelined with a rib injury. 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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon received a flurry of criticism for his bullpen management and other decisions late in the World Series, but he apparently hasnt lost any cachet with the teams front office as a result.Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer, speaking to reporters Tuesday at the MLB GMs meetings, expressed support for the job Maddon did this season and said Maddons performance adds to a portfolio that will eventually earn him a spot in Cooperstown.Joe is a world champion manager for the first time and hes going to be in the Hall of Fame someday, Hoyer said. I think hes deserving of both.Critics piled on Maddon for using closer Aroldis Chapman for 1 1/3 innings and 20 pitches in World Series Game 6, even though the Cubs had the game in hand at the time and went on to beat Cleveland by a score of 9-3. Maddon was pilloried in Game 7 for lifting starter Kyle Hendricks after 4 1/3 innings and bringing in starter Jon Lester in relief with a runner on first base, even after saying he would summon Lester only with the bases empty.Also, in the ninth inning of a tied Game 7, Javier Baez was called on to bunt with a 3-2 count and one out with the go-ahead run at third and the infield in. He fouled off the pitch and was out. The run didnt score. ?The game was tied because Chapman, called upon to throw 35 pitches in Game 7, allowed a game-tying, two-run homer to Rajai Davis in the eighth inning.The Cubs did recover, however, to beat the Indians 8-7 in 10 innings and capture their first title since 1908.By the time you got to the finish line, both teams were really tired and obviously that has a huge impact on what happened, Hoyer said. We won the World Series, and I know theres a zero percent chance we win 200 games over two years and win the World Series without Joe. I think thats the nature of the postseason. The managers take on an almost oversized persona, because the cameras are on them the entire game and every move they make is going to be dissected.I had my own internal monologue I could rely on. It was an amazing game. Maybe even now, Im sort of glad thats how we won the game. Its sort of an appropriate way to end a 108-year drougght, when you stare into the abyss for 45 minutes or so and end up coming out the other side.ddddddddddddIll probably have more gray hairs now. Ill probably have ulcers and it might have taken some minutes off my life. But it was probably more appropriate.Hoyer, Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein and the rest of Chicagos front-office team are in Scottsdale to begin the process of preparing for 2017. The Cubs will have to deal with the potential loss of Chapman, who is a free agent, as well as center fielder Dexter Fowler, who hit the open market after declining a $9 million mutual option for next season. Hoyer said the team plans to engage in talks with agent Casey Close and has interest in retaining Fowler, who logged a .276/.393/.447 slash line as Chicagos primary leadoff hitter this season. The Cubs tendered Fowler a one-year, $17.2 million qualifying offer, but Fowler is expected to reject it and pursue free agency.Chapman, 28, saved 16 games, logged a 1.01 ERA and struck out 46 batters in 26 2/3 innings with the Cubs after coming over from the New York Yankees by trade in late July. He joins Kenley Jansen and Mark Melancon as one of three big-name closers on the market this winter.Carl Edwards Jr., who struck out 52 batters in 36 relief innings for the Cubs this season, is one potential internal option to replace Chapman as closer. Hector Rondon recorded 18 saves before the end of July, but his performance fell off markedly after Chapmans arrival.Hoyer said the Cubs main objective this offseason will be to add pitching to catch up to the young position player core led by Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, Addison Russell, Baez, Kyle Schwarber and Willson Contreras.Our overarching focus is finding controllable pitching -- starting and relieving, Hoyer said. I think Ive said that a thousand times to our local writers, and thats probably going to be our same answer for the next 18-24 months. Our young position players are ahead of our pitchers both in volume and talent, so thats going to be the focus for a while. ' ' '