Kansas City's John Buck watches his two-run double to left during the eighth inning. The hit helped the Royals beat Toronto, 8-4, Friday in Kansas City, Mo.

Kansas City, Mo. ? A seven-game slide dropped the Kansas City Royals from first place to last in the American League Central, all too familiar territory for a franchise that has finished at the bottom of the division the past four years.

John Buck and the Royals insist this is a different team, though.

The catcher had two doubles and drove in a pair of runs to help the Royals rally for an 8-4 victory Friday night over the Toronto Blue Jays, snapping the skid with the kind of come-from-behind victory that might not have happened in years past.

“I can understand why a lot of people might feel a little gun-shy after the last seven losses,” Buck said. “This team has a lot of fight. We’re not so young or shy anymore. We got in one of those ruts, where we weren’t pitching and we weren’t hitting. It was good to win that type of ball game. It was good to get a win coming-from-behind the way we’ve been struggling.”

Buck’s double in a six-run eighth inning scored pinch-runner Esteban German with the go-ahead run. Buck also doubled home Ross Gload in the fourth, snapping the Royals’ 15-inning scoreless drought.

“One was on one line and one on another,” Buck said of the doubles down each baseline. “I’ll take them. It seems like I’ve been hitting the ball well, but it either goes to the track or right at somebody.”

Zack Greinke, who has a 1.25 earned-run average in five starts, got a no-decision, although he left with a 2-1 lead after seven innings. Greinke held the Blue Jays to five hits while striking out four and walking one, but said it was most important that the Royals won.

“Once the (losing) streak gets pretty long, it gets more intense, and there’s a little more pressure on you,” Greinke said. “I thought the eighth inning was really big for our team because we haven’t had anything like that all year. It was just nice especially to get us out of a little funk. Hopefully, it creates momentum.”

The eight runs were a season high for Kansas City, while the Blue Jays have lost a a season-high five straight.

“We’re in a rut,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “We’re rock bottom right now.”

David DeJesus, who extended his hitting streak to eight games, drove in three runs.