However, they were eliminated from post-season contention on September 24, 2011, finishing eight games behind that season's National League West champion Arizona Diamondbacks.
Coming off the team's 2010 World Series success and his two-year, $22 million contract, Aubrey Huff arrived at 2011 spring training out of shape.
[1][2] During the top of the 12th inning in a game against the Marlins on May 25, 2011, Scott Cousins collided with Buster Posey at home plate.
It was revealed that Posey had fractures in his lower left leg and ankle and would be out of the rest of the season.
[6] Without Posey's presence in the lineup, the Giants would only manage to score 570 runs on offense and missed the postseason.