SEE IT: Mets' 'big' hits stay just fair in seventh-inning rally

Baseball is all about getting the big hits in big moments. But the thing is, not all hits are created equal. Even the big ones can be, well, small.

And on Monday night at Citi Field, the Mets used a pair of very timely tiny hits to grab a 5-0 win over the San Diego Padres to score a small measure of revenge and exorcise some demons against Yu Darvish, who has had the Queens club's number. 

With New York up 2-0 in the bottom of the seventh, a leadoff double from Mark Canha brought Luis Guillorme to the plate and the bunt was on -- and suddenly it became a game of inches.

Despite playing in, there wasn't a thing Gold Glove third baseman Manny Machado could do but hope. And with little wind on a pleasant but chilly night, a city once stung by a Holy Roller saw the ball stop in fair territory. And Machado could only gently kick the ball in bemusement as runners were safely on the corners.

After Eduardo Escobar slapped a sacrifice fly to left to plate Canha, Tomas Nido was up with a man on first. And with a mighty swing on an 0-1 fastball, he managed to just barely make contact with the end of his bat and tap the ball down that same third base line.

It was deja vu all over again for San Diego.

Machado and Darvish were probably left mumbling a begrudging, I don't know... Third base!

"I'll take it this time of year," Nido said after the game. "Whatever works. Make something happen, and I did."

Nido would be the final batter Darvish would face. He left after 6.1 innings, allowing six hits – only four of which reached the outfield.

"They ended up in about the same place, great job by Bill, our groundskeeper," manager Buck Showalter said after the game. "That's what it's supposed to do if it's level, right? Or if it's not tilted one way or the other."

For Darvish, who took the loss and was charged with all five runs after Francisco Lindor doubled home two more off reliever Tim Hill, he chalked things up to luck, but both the good and the bad kind.

"You’ll probably see that once a season, but you get to see it two times in one inning," Darvish said after the game. "I don’t know if that’s unlucky or if I’m lucky to be able to see that.”