 Upon his activation from the disabled list, Rowland-Smith was mainly used out of the bullpen except for the last game of the season, October 3, in which he gave up two runs in five innings and had a no-decision in a 4–3 loss to the Athletics.20 of Rowland-Smith's 27 appearances in 2010 were starts (a career-high), but only one of those was a win, as opposed to ten losses.He had a 6.75 ERA and gave up 141 hits in innings.