Florida's first baseman has been growing it out for weeks, and given the way he's been hitting lately, there's no chance he's touching it now. Alonso is hitting .520 (13 of 25), with four doubles, four home runs and 11 RBIs, since missing nearly a month with a broken bone in his left hand. A second-round draft pick by the New York Mets last week, the junior from Tampa has been the catalyst for Florida's offense in the NCAA baseball tournament and a big reason the Gators are headed to Omaha, Nebraska, for the fifth time in the last seven years.
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