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Marlins surprise Christian Yelich with lookalike from 'SNL'

NEW YORK — The newcomer in a Miami Marlins uniform sure looked a lot like Christian Yelich — except in the batting cage.

Even though they are more than 20 games under .500 as the season winds down, the Marlins had some fun Tuesday evening at Citi Field. They surprised their Gold Glove outfielder by arranging a meeting with "Saturday Night Live" funnyman Pete Davidson, who certainly bears an unusual resemblance to Yelich.

"That was pretty cool, man," Yelich said. "They kind of told me that they were going to set it up a few months ago and I forgot.