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Nats stud helpless against Mets’ ‘hottest guy in baseball’

Nationals starter Jordan Zimmermann thought he threw an unhittable pitch.

But these days, Lucas Duda is hitting everything.

“It was up and in for a ball and somehow he kept it fair,” Zimmermann said of the ball Duda mashed down the line for a two-run homer — one of three home runs the Mets hit in the third inning. “I’m not really sure how it’s physically possible to hit that ball where I put it. I put it right where I wanted to … he’s probably the hottest guy in baseball right now. For him to hit the ball where he did where it was located, just got to tip your cap.