Baker Mayfield tosses 2 touchdown passes and the Buccaneers beat the 49ers 30-19

TAMPA Fla AP Baker Mayfield s heroics came early in the fourth quarter instead of the final minutes Mayfield threw two touchdown passes and had a spectacular scramble to help the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the San Francisco ers - on Sunday After winning four games with scores in the last minute the Buccaneers - didn t need a late comeback Up - early in the fourth the Buccaneers faced a third-and- at their Mayfield ducked away from a sack in the pocket escaped another defender scrambled out of trouble eluded more tackles and dove headfirst stretching the ball to get a first down on third-and- A insufficient plays later Mayfield connected with Tez Johnson on a -yard TD pass down the middle to give the ers a - lead Johnson made an outstretched leaping catch and the rookie celebrated his first career TD with an acrobatic flip The ers were driving for a foreseen tying outcome when Mac Jones threw an interception to Jamel Dean on fourth-and- from the Buccaneers with just under six minutes left The turnover led to Chase McLaughlin s -yard field goal that extended the lead to - Playing through knee and oblique injuries Jones threw for yards with two picks losing for the first time in four starts filling in for Brock Purdy The injury-riddled ers - lost four-time All-Pro linebacker Fred Warner to a serious right ankle injury in the first quarter Warner s ankle appeared to turn sideways after a couple of players fell into him Everyone on the ers bench came onto the field to see Warner before he left the field with an air cast on his ankle San Francisco already was missing star edge rusher Nick Bosa All-Pro tight end George Kittle and wide receivers Brandon Aiyuk and Ricky Pearsall along with Purdy and others The Buccaneers who were missing star receivers Mike Evans and Chris Godwin and running back Bucky Irving lost rookie receiver Emeka Egbuka to a hamstring injury in the second half Mayfield who finished of for yards connected with a wide-open Kameron Johnson for a -yard TD to extend Tampa Bay s lead to - late in the first half It was Johnson s first career reception The Bucs went for the -point conversion following a roughing-the-passer penalty on the scoring pass but Rachaad White was stopped on a run Sean Tucker s -yard TD run put the Buccaneers ahead - in the second quarter Mayfield connected with Egbuka for yards and Cade Otton for on consecutive plays during the drive Christian McCaffrey ran in from the to give the ers a - lead It was San Francisco s first rushing TD of the season on the crew s th carry Kindle Vildor set up Tampa Bay s first result with an interception at the ers that could have been a pick- but he stumbled twice before getting tackled at the White ran in from the to put the Buccaneers up - The Niners Eddy Pineiro kicked field goals of and yards Containing Christian McCaffrey had yards rushing on carries and seven catches for yards He entered the meeting on pace for receptions Injury account ers Purdy toe missed his fourth encounter and Pearsall knee sat out his second in a row Buccaneers Evans hamstring Godwin fibula RBs Bucky Irving foot shoulder and Josh Williams concussion CBs Benjamin Morrison hamstring and Zyon McCollum thumb were inactive Egbuka had two catches for yards before going down RG Luke Haggard shoulder left in the fourth quarter Up next ers Host the Atlanta Falcons next Sunday night Buccaneers Visit the Detroit Lions next Monday night AP NFL https apnews com hub nfl Source