Kelly helps D-backs end 17-game skid, beat Brewers 5-1

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    Ketel Marte camped under the high fly ball in center field and watched as it fell into his glove. Relief pitcher Joakim Soria smacked his hands together, grinned and walked toward catcher Stephen Vogt, who pumped his arms in a little victory dance.

    The Arizona Diamondbacks had finally won a baseball game, ending three weeks and 17 games of misery.

    "Sheer joy," Vogt said. "We've been working so hard, fighting, clawing."

    Merrill Kelly pitched seven effective innings and Marte had two hits as the Diamondbacks beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 on Monday night. Vogt described the postgame clubhouse scenes of victory that have been missing over the past few weeks: Music blaring, lots of laughing and high-fives.

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