Volquez dedicates no-hitter to late Jose Fernandez, Yordano Ventura

Edinson Volquez paid his fallen friends the best possible tribute.

Just minutes after pitching the sixth no-hitter in Miami Marlins history, Volquez dedicated the dominant outing to late pitchers Yordano Ventura and Jose Fernandez.

"I dedicate this game to Jose Fernandez and Yordano Ventura. Ventura's birthday is today and this is good for them," Volquez said on the FOX Sports broadcast postgame. "They're watching right now what happened today and they must feel really happy right now."

Hours before taking the mound Saturday, he also commemorated what would have been Ventura's 26th birthday in an Instagram post.

Ventura, who played alongside Volquez for two seasons on the Kansas City Royals from 2015-16, died in January in a car accident in his native Dominican Republic.

Fernandez, who pitched for the Marlins for his entire four-year career, died in September after his boat overturned on a jetty off the Miami Beach coast.