Cika wannan jumla: Cruz ya buga wasan gida na 3-run 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 da
2011 ALCS, Cruz ya buga gidaje 6 kuma yana da RBIs 13, duka bayanan jerin postseason. 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.