Watch: Juan Lagares draws Willie Mays comparisons with great catch

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During Wednesday night’s game against the Washington Nationals at Citi Field, New York Mets centerfielder Juan Lagares made a catch that drew comparisons to Willie Mays’s famous catch.

Lagares caught the second out of the seventh inning after running down a fly ball from former Met Daniel Murphy.

Watch the catch below:

Juan-Willie Mays-Lagares play! #Mets pic.twitter.com/a79u38IASv
— Enrique Rojas/ESPN (@Enrique_Rojas1) May 19, 2016

Mays’s notable catch was during the 1954 World Series.

Someone needs to tell Juan Lagares to let his hat fall off on those insane catches. This is how it's done: pic.twitter.com/UTJKr6bIn0
— Andrew Beaton (@andrewlbeaton) May 19, 2016

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The Nationals led the Mets 4–1 through the seventh inning.