By the Associated Press
SAN DIEGO — The Arizona Diamondbacks snapped their record 24-game road losing streak by routing the San Diego Padres 10-1 on Saturday night, getting six scoreless innings from Merrill Kelly and four hits and five RBIs from Eduardo Escobar.
Escobar and Christian Walker homered for the Diamondbacks, who hadn't won away from Chase Field since April 25, when Madison Bumgarner pitched seven no-hit innings at Atlanta.
Baseball's worst team at 21-56 coming in, the Diamondbacks had dropped 20 of 21 games and 34 of 37 overall. They lost 11-5 in the series opener Friday night when Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr.