Exorcising the demons
It's appropriate this series started the weekend that The Exorcist reboot came out, because the D-backs have gone full Father Damien Karras on the sewage-leaking, vermin infested house of horrors which is Dodger Stadium. Beginning August 31st, 2018 through the end of this regular season - so, a period spanning more than five years - Arizona had played 41 games in Los Angeles, and gone 7-34. They had won consecutive games just once since April 2018, on September 20-21st, 2022. The 15 runs scored by the D-backs over these two games, is more than the tally from all their 2023 regular season games in the park, combined (12). But it's safe to say, these two games also count…
