Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Cruz ya buga gida mai gudu 3 don rufe wasan 4 na ALCS don Rangers da Tigers. Ya zama dan wasa na farko da ya buga wasanni da yawa na gida a cikin jerin wasanni guda. A lokacin ALCS na 2011
, Cruz ya buga gidaje 6 kuma yana da 13 RBIs, duka bayanan jerin wasanni. Kokarinsa ya sa ya sami lambar yabo ta ALCS MVP ta 2011. Cruz ya buga wasan gida guda daya don sanya Texas Rangers ya kai 6 zuwa 4 a kan St. Louis Cardinals a wasa na 6 na Wasannin Duniya na 2011. Gidan gida ya ba Cruz damar daidaita rikodin don mafi yawan gidaje na gida a cikin kakar wasa a 8; ya raba nasarar tare da Carlos Beltrán da Barry Bonds.