Reds 4, Cubs 2: It was all going so well, and then...

David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports Jose Quintana was cruising along, as he had over his last few starts. The Cubs fashioned a 2-0 lead in the first inning.

Then the fifth inning happened. I don’t know if it was the rain making the ball hard to handle for Q, or if he just lost it, but over the course of only a few minutes the following sequence happened: home run, single, out, single, two wild pitches and another single. That, all of a sudden, made it 3-2 Reds.

Just a few minutes after that, heavy rain hit Cincinnati and delayed the game nearly two hours. The Cubs couldn’t score again and lost 4-2 to the Reds, losing a series for the first time since that awful season-opening road trip.

That first…