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CORAL GABLES – MAY 08: Miami infielder Gabriel Milano (40) throws to first base in the fourth inning as the Miami Hurricanes faced the Louisville Cardinals on May 8, 2026, at Mark Light Field at Alex Rodriguez Park in Coral Gables, FL. (Photo by Samuel Lewis\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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Three of the Miami Hurricanes baseball team\u2019s top hitters are dealing with injuries as the regular season winds down.<\/p>\n
And that has forced freshmen into the lineup and into new roles during a critical stretch with the Hurricanes still chasing a berth into the NCAA tournament.<\/p>\n
Third baseman Daniel Cuvet has been out since April 22, first getting an extra day of rest following West Coast travel after Miami\u2019s series at Stanford, then missing the home series against California after wisdom teeth removal and now sidelined for two weeks and counting with a stress fracture in his back. Saturday\u2019s series finale against Louisville, a 10-8 win and UM\u2019s final home game of the regular season, was the 10th consecutive game Cuvet has been sidelined.<\/p>\n
Cuvet was hitting .305 with 12 home runs, 14 doubles and 45 RBI.<\/p>\n
Hurricanes coach J.D. Arteaga said there remains no timetable for Cuvet\u2019s return.<\/p>\n
\u201cUntil it\u2019s gone or it heals, there\u2019s really nothing you can do,\u201d Arteaga said. \u201cThere\u2019s no rehab for it. It\u2019s a matter of healing and then starting his rehab and seeing when he\u2019s ready to play again. I wish I could give you a timetable there but there really isn\u2019t one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gabriel Milano has filled in at third base since Cuvet\u2019s absence. The former Miami Doral Academy standout is hitting .300 on the season with three home runs, 10 RBI and eight runs scored in 50 at-bats entering Saturday. He has hits in seven of his 10 games since moving into the starting lineup.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s swinging the bat great,\u201d Arteaga said. \u201cI mean, he\u2019s got some base hits. He\u2019s definitely not shying away from anything, and he\u2019s got some good at-bats, even when makes out good at bats, he\u2019s not overmatched. I\u2019m not saying we don\u2019t miss Cuvet, but he\u2019s done a great job stepping in there, and he\u2019s holding his own.\u201d<\/p>\n
Added second baseman Jake Ogden: \u201cGabo\u2019s an awesome kid. He works really hard, so when the opportunity is presented, it\u2019s just next man up, and he\u2019s done phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Hurricanes catcher Alex Sosa has been dealing with a shoulder injury. He had exclusively been Miami\u2019s designated hitter the past two weeks prior to having to start at first base on Saturday after Brylan West sustained a swollen ankle on Friday night.<\/p>\n
Freshman Alonzo Alvarez has been Miami\u2019s starting catcher in the interim. Unlike Milano, Alvarez has received steadier playing time this season before this, starting 30 of Miami\u2019s first 44 games albeit primarily as a designated hitter and has been a steady bat for Miami. He is hitting 313 with 11 doubles, three home runs, 23 RBI and 32 runs scored.<\/p>\n
And while Sosa hasn\u2019t been behind the plate, Miami at least hasn\u2019t lost his offensive production. Sosa is hitting .342 on the season with a team-leading 15 home runs to go along with 14 doubles, 62 RBI and 55 runs scored. He has hits in five of the past six games, including four home runs, over the past two weeks. He had two home runs in the series finale against Louisville on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Lastly, West\u2019s swollen ankle moving Sosa to first base opened up the designated hitter spot in the Louisville finale for Dylan Dubovik, who had received steady playing time early in the year when senior Max Galvin was sideline but has since been relegated to the bench. The former Plantation American Heritage standout blasted a two-run home run \u2014 one of four Hurricanes home runs on Saturday against the Cardinals.<\/p>\n
Dubovik on the season is hitting .317 with seven home runs, 27 RBI and 22 runs scored in 34 games (26 starts).<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery team, nobody feels great right now,\u201d Arteaga said. \u201cEveryone\u2019s injured and nicked up. … We\u2019re definitely not saving anybody. If they\u2019re good to go, they\u2019re playing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nick Robert returns<\/p>\n
Miami\u2019s bullpen received a boost recently with the return of Nick Robert, who was in the team\u2019s starting rotation last season before sustaining a season-ending elbow injury last April that kept him shelved for more than a year.<\/p>\n
He returned to the mound on May 1 during Miami\u2019s series at NC State and threw a shutout inning of relief. He made his home season debut on Thursday, pitching 1 1\/3 innings in the Hurricanes\u2019 13-8 series-opening win over Louisville.<\/p>\n
His fastball velocity is back to its usual spot, sitting comfortably at 95 mph and touching 96 mph.<\/p>\n
Arteaga said Robert is generally good to pitch about two innings per series at this point.<\/p>\n