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A shaken Yasiel Puig dedicates Sunday's game to fallen friend Jose Fernandez

Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig cried Sunday he discussed the sudden death of his friend and Cuban countryman, Miami Marlins ace José Fernández, and said he would dedicate today's game to him.

Fernández, who was 24, and two others were killed in a boat crash near Miami early Sunday morning. The news was reported before 6 a.m. in Los Angeles.

“I’m very sad over what happened to him,” Puig said in Spanish. “He was Cuban. He was one of my best friends. I’m sure I was one of the first to learn what happened.