Diamondbacks unload on Padres

PHOENIX — Five home runs, 18 hits, 20 runs.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have never had a better offensive night than they did late Saturday against the San Diego Padres.

David Peralta drove in three runs and matched his career best with five hits and the Diamondbacks set a single-game franchise scoring record with a 20-5 rout of the Padres.

“It wasn’t just a good night for me,” Peralta said. “It was a good night for everybody.”

Wil Myers became the third Padres player to homer three times in a game, but San Diego was blown out in its 16th loss in 21 games.

“This day was painful, there is no doubt about it,” Padres manager Andy Green said. “This day was painful for fans, painful for players, for us. But you have to look at it like tomorrow you have a chance to split the series against a first-place club. It is one loss. It is a painful one. We will remember it, but we will also move on.”

Paul Goldschmidt, Steven Souza Jr., Alex Avila, Nick Ahmed and Ketel Marte homered for the Diamondbacks in breaking the team scoring record set in an 18-7 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 17, 2014.

Goldschmidt, Ahmed and Avila also each had three RBIs.

“I don’t even know where to start, to tell you the truth,” Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said. “You set a franchise record for runs scored in a game, you know that you’ve done something pretty special.”