Marlins center fielders have their own diving contest. So who did it better?

The catch that Marlins center fielder Derek Hill made on Tuesday was billed as an early catch of the year candidate, and one that frankly would be hard to top. So is it possible that his own teammate -- and fellow center fielder -- one-upped him less than 24 hours later?

Dane Myers was the man up the middle for Miami on Wednesday, and when Pete Alonso sent a rocket out to straightaway center at Citi Field with two outs in the ninth inning, it seemed like there was no way he could get to it, especially after getting a bad initial break on the ball. But Myers needed to cover 81 feet to even have a chance, and it was how he ultimately hung on that was the most impressive part of this play.

At the last moment, Myers reached his glove out to make the catch, then slammed face-first into the wall, his sunglasses and his hat scattering in opposite directions. Balls hit with an exit velocity of 109 mph at a 25-degree launch angle, as Alonso's was, go for extra-base hits 99 percent of the time, but this one fell in the one percent. And it ended the game, securing a 5-0 victory and helping the Marlins avoid a sweep.

“This one, coming straight over your head, running full speed and total disregard for your body and then [crashing] into the wall like that and holding on," Marlins manager Clayton McCullough said. "That’s a great play and that was sweet.”

Whether it stacks up against Hill's brilliant play from the day before -- which prevented a bases-clearing knock -- is no easy question. Hill covered 110 feet because he was playing a very shallow center field at the time, and the wind was whipping at Citi Field all day. In fact, those heavy winds pushed Tyrone Taylor's drive 26 feet in and nine feet to the right, meaning it would've been a grand slam under normal conditions. So without a little weather intervention, Hill would never have had a chance to make this play.

We'll give Myers the style points for the face full of padding he took, but Hill takes the degree of difficulty with ease. Either way, Marlins center fielders turned Citi Field into their own personal diving contest over the past two days, and it was a lot of fun to watch.