Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Cruz gbara ọsọ atọ iji mechie egwuregwu nke anọ nke ALCS maka ndị Rangers megide Tigers. Ọ ghọrọ onye ọkpụkpọ izizi kụrụ ọtụtụ home runs na otu usoro postseason. N'oge
Na 2011 ALCS, Cruz gbara 6 home runs ma nwee 13 RBIs, ha abụọ bụ ndekọ nke postseason. Mgbalị ya mere ka o nweta ihe nrite ALCS MVP nke 2011. Cruz gbara otu home run iji mee ka ndị Texas Rangers na-aga n'ihu 6 ruo 4 megide St. Louis Cardinals na Egwuregwu 6 nke World Series 2011. Egwuregwu ahụ mere ka Cruz jikọta ihe ndekọ maka ọtụtụ ụlọ obibi na postseason n'otu oge na 8; ọ na-ekerịta ihe ọ rụzuru na Carlos Beltrán na Barry Bonds.