SAN DIEGO -- On April 25, the D-backs swept the Braves in a seven-inning doubleheader at Truist Park. It was a day of celebration as Zac Gallen tossed a one-hitter in the first game and Madison Bumgarner did one better by tossing a seven-inning no-hitter in the second.

The D-backs celebrated on the field after the final out that day. It was the end of a 7-3 road trip, and their record was 11-11. They were hopeful about the future.

Little did they know, it would take 62 days before their next road win.

The D-backs beat the Padres, 10-1, on Saturday night at Petco Park, snapping an MLB-record 24-game road losing streak.

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"You can’t imagine how good it feels," Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said. "I'm proud of these guys, we played a real good baseball game today. We had a good approach. We won our first road game in a couple months. It’s hard to even think about, and it’s hard to say. But I’ve heard several people talking about it already. So it’s a burden we’ve been walking around with, and it feels real nice to get rid of that."

It was no surprise that right-hander Merrill Kelly (4-7) was the starting pitcher who finally got the job done. After all, it was Kelly who helped snap the D-backs’ 17-game losing streak when he held the Brewers to one run over seven innings on Monday at Chase Field.

This time, Kelly tossed six scoreless innings, allowing five hits and striking out five.

"You’re always looking for that stopper, that guy that’s in the rotation that’s going to go out and execute the plan, and it’s landed on Merrill a couple of times," Lovullo said. "We’re not surprised. He did basically the same thing at home. He stopped that losing streak. I can’t say enough good things about what he’s done."

The Padres had been red-hot of late, entering the night on an eight-game winning streak, and they had crushed D-backs pitching in Friday night's series opener, hitting five homers and scoring 11 runs.

Saturday was a different story, thanks to Kelly and the Arizona offense.

The D-backs' offense jumped on Padres starter Dinelson Lamet, scoring one run in the first, another in the second and two more in the third before Lamet exited due to right forearm fatigue.

Unlike other times during the road losing streak when the D-backs would take a lead only to then go quiet offensively, they continued to tack on runs. Arizona scored a pair of runs in the fourth, another two in the sixth and two more in the eighth.

Eduardo Escobar was the D-backs' offensive star, going 4-for-5 with five RBIs and finishing a triple shy of the cycle. Josh Rojas drove in a pair of runs, as Arizona collected 16 hits.

"You look up there and we’re scoring in just about every inning," Lovullo said. "It was a terrific day for Eduardo with four hits. A double to the left-center-field gap, a home run over the left-center-field wall. Just real nice approaches all day. He collected a ton of RBIs, the kind of day you’re always looking for as a hitter.

"The innings were built. We had guys on all day long. There was a lot happening inside the game."

With the road losing streak over, the D-backs' attention turns to the rest of the season. There are still 84 games left to play, and the hope in Arizona's clubhouse is that now that the burden of this streak is over, maybe it can start to relax and win some games.

"I sure hope so," Kelly said. "Winning is a lot more fun than losing. I know everybody echoes that same sentiment in the clubhouse. I’ve got to hand it to the guys, through this whole stretch, coming into the field before the game, I haven’t really sensed any panic or sadness or stuff you would think would go along with how we’ve been playing baseball lately. Hopefully, we can just continue to come in and try to do our job each and every day."