When it’s Memorial Day weekend and the sun is shining, few things can spoil an afternoon at Wrigley Field. The Cubs’ offense getting stymied and right-hander Jake Arrieta and the defense allowing five runs in the first four innings can about do it, though.
Only two of those runs were earned, thanks to errors in the first and fourth, but Arrieta looked wobbly from the get-go as the Cubs dropped the final game of the series against the Reds 5-1 on Sunday.
‘‘Didn’t play our cleanest defense behind him,’’ manager David Ross said. ‘‘But a lot of these guys are out of position.