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Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson, second right reacts with teammates, after hitting a RBI single to defeat the Kansas City Royals during 11th inning AL baseball action in Toronto on Friday, July 31, 2015.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press

The Toronto Blue Jays proved once again Friday night that might makes right.

Trailing twice in the contest by three runs to the Kansas City Royals, only the top outfit in the American League, the Blue Jays big bats could not be silenced.

And the biggest bopper on this night proved to be Josh Donaldson, who stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the 11th inning and stroked a single to left-centre to send the Blue Jays (53-51) to a walk-off 7-6 victory at Rogers Centre.

The hit scored newcomer Troy Tulowitzki from second base. Tulowitzki singled with one out and then moved into scoring position on a balk by K.C. reliever Franklin Morales.

The win was the second in as many games against the Royals (61-41), who entered the four-game series with the best record in the A.L.

Donaldson, who recorded his third walk-off hit of the season, said all the moves that GM Alex Anthopoulos has made this week prior to Major League Baseball's trade deadline has provided new life to the team.

And he called the Toronto lineup the best in baseball.

"I think with the trades and everything that happened this week, I think what it gave us was more confidence in ourselves," Donaldson said. "That Alex believes in this team, the city believes in this team and we believe in this team. And when you add extra pieces like he did it started to really come together."

Before the game, the Blue Jays placed second baseman Devon Travis on the 15-day disabled list with a left shoulder strain.

The Blue Jays were playing catch-up for most of the night after starter Drew Hutchison put his team in an early hole, allowing three K.C. runs off three hits in the first inning.

Toronto got back into it in the third inning when Donaldson rapped a double off K.C. starter Johnny Cueto that potted the first two runs of the game for the Blue Jays.

Donaldson would go 3-for-5 on the evening, driving in four of the Toronto runs.

The Blue Jays knotted the score at 3-3 on a run-scoring single by Kevin Pillar in the fourth.

The Royals regained the lead in the sixth when a throwing error by Donaldson, the Toronto third baseman, opened the door for a two-run rally that moved K.C back in front 5-3.

K.C. then made it 6-3 in the seventh on a single by Alcides Escobar.

But the Blue Jays fought back gain in their half of the seventh, taking advantage of fielding error in centrefield by Lorenzo Cain who misplayed a single off the bat of Troy Tulowitzki that allowed Ryan Goins to score all the way from first.\

A Donaldson double cut the K.C. lead to one before Justin Smoak, with the bases loaded, hit into a double play that scored Toronto's third run of the inning to tie the score at 6-6.

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