After crushing a fifth inning, three-run homer to left field off Miami’s starter David Phelps, Juan Uribe turned last night’s game against the Marlins into a laugher.
However, those three runs Uribe produced proved to be critical in holding off a late ninth inning charge by the Marlins as the Mets prevailed by a score of 8-6.
Uribe has impressed in the field and especially at the plate since joining the team just over a week ago. He has hit two homers and driven in five with the Mets in 27 at-bats.
The veteran third baseman also made few spectacular plays in the field since being acquired, including Wednesday when he made a nifty bare-handed grab, firing and nailing the runner at first.
His time at third base will all but vanish once David Wright is activated hopefully at the end of this month, but what an improvement for now over Eric Campbell and Daniel Muno, and his instincts defensively are also better than Daniel Murphy and Ruben Tejada.
