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Munenori Kawasaki of the Toronto Blue Jays gets ready to bat from the on-deck circle in the second inning during MLB game action against the Baltimore Orioles on September 28, 2014 at Rogers Centre in Toronto.Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images

Munenori Kawasaki is back with the Toronto Blue Jays, at least for a little while.

The popular second baseman was recalled by the American League club late Thursday night after the Blue Jays rolled to an 8-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels at Rogers Centre.

The move provides Toronto manager John Gibbons with a little bit more depth on the bench after the team finally decided to put injured second baseman Devon Travis on the 15-day disabled list.

Gibbons said earlier Thursday that Travis, who has now missed five straight games with what the team is describing as shoulder soreness, should be close to returning and that it was hoped a trip to the DL could be avoided.

Something, however, has changed as the Blue Jays announced just before midnight that Kawasaki was being called up from their Triple-A affiliate in Buffalo where he is hitting .222 in 23 games.

Kawasaki will likely not be with the club for long as Jose Reyes, who is with Buffalo on a rehab assignment after recovering from a cracked rib, is slated to rejoin the Blue Jays on Monday.

The move to the DL for Travis is backdated to May 16th, meaning he will be eligible to rejoin the Blue Jays next weekend.

The team begins a three-game home series Friday night against the Seattle Mariners hoping to maintain the momentum from Thursday's victory over the Angels where struggling starter R.A. Dickey pitched a complete game.

Dickey is now 2-5 on the season and he credited his dominating performance to some fine-tuning he did between starts that helped provide more skip to his knuckleball.

"A lot of it's about tempo and a lot of it's about stuff I don't want to talk about," Dickey said when asked specifically what adjustments he made.

With the win, the Blue Jays (19-24) snapped a two-game slide.

Gibbons said he hopes Dickey's dominating effort will help push the Blue Jays on a bit of a run.

"We've been waiting for one of those," Gibbons said. "In the big leagues nowadays, especially in this park where it's a great offensive park, complete games are tough to come by.

"But Dickey, shoot, he was outstanding. I know he was talking about earlier the last couple times out his knuckleball really wasn't doing as much and he made some adjustments. He was great tonight."

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