Cubs’ Lackey misses chance at win

John Lackey, Chicago’s starter Wednesday, didn’t last long enough to get the win even though the Cubs cruised to a 10-2 victory at Dodger Stadium in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series.

The veteran right-hander was replaced in the fifth inning when, with the Cubs up 5-0, he issued back-to-back walks to Andrew Toles and pinch-hitter Andre Ethier.

Lackey was bidding to become the first pitcher to win postseason games with four teams. He won two games with the St. Louis Cardinals, three with the Boston Red Sox and three with the Angels.

The big win for the Angels came in Game 7 of the 2002 World Series against the San Francisco Giants.

Lackey, 37, had given up only three hits and a walk, with three strikeouts, before the consecutive walks leading off the fifth inning.

“John doesn’t usually walk people like that,” Cubs Manager Joe Maddon said.

Lackey was visibly upset when Maddon replaced him with Mike Montgomery, but he wouldn’t go into it after the game.

“We won the game, I’m not going there,” he said. “ I was pretty surprised.”

Was he as angry as he looked?

Said Lackey: “It was a great team win.”

Montgomery a big hit

Montgomery, a former first-round pick out of Newhall Hart High, was credited with the win, even after getting into even more trouble by giving up a sharp single to the first batter he faced, Howie Kendrick.

But that was the last ball hit hard off the 27-year-old left-hander. He struck out Corey Seager with the bases loaded, then got Justin Turner to bounce a ball up the middle for what might have been a double play.

But, unfortunately for Montgomery, the ball went off his glove and rolled into left field, scoring both Toles and Ethier.

“Yeah, actually if he just gets his glove out of the way, he gets out of the inning,” Maddon said.

That cut the Cubs’ lead to 5-2, but Montgomery got both Adrian Gonzalez and pinch-hitter Enrique Hernandez to ground out to end the inning.

The Cubs then scored five times in the top of the sixth inning, with Montgomery contributing a single before coming out to throw a scoreless bottom of the inning.

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Dodgers center fielder Joc Pederson makes a catch on a fly ball by Cubs’ Javier Baez in the sixth inning in Game 4 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 19.

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Dodgers Adrian Gonzalez is tagged out at home plate by Cubs catcher Wilson Conteras in the 2nd inning in Game 4 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium.

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Dodgers runner Adrian Gonzalez is convinced he’s safe after he is tagged out at home by Cubs catcher Willson Contreras in the second inning of Game 4 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium.

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Dodgers pitcher Pedro Baez walks back to the mound as Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo rounds the bases on his solo home run in the fifth inning in Game 4 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium.

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Cubs’ Addison Russell, center, is congratulated by pitcher John Lackey, left, and Willson Contreras on his two-run home run in the fourth inning in Game 4 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium.

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Dodgers starter Julio Urias leaves the game in the fourth inning as the Cubs rally for four runs in Game 4 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Dodgers Joc Pederson looks down after a solo home run by Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo in the fifth inning of Game 4 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium.

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Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias wipes the mound after giving up his second run to the Cubs in the fourth inning in Game 4 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium.

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Cubs on deck hitter Jason Heyward congratulates teammate Addison Russell on a two-run fourth-inning homer against the Dodgers in Game 4 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium.

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Dodgers right fielder Josh Reddick dives into the right field seats but misses a foul ball hit by Cubs batter Ben Zobrist in the fifth inning of Game 4 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium.

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Dodgers Joc Pederson crashes into the wall on a two-run home run by Cubs’ Addison Russell in the fourth inning in Game 4 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium.

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Dodgers’ Adrian Gonzalez is tagged out at home plate by Cubs catcher Wilson Conteras in the second inning in Game 4 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium.

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Cubs baserunner Javier Baez slides safely into second as Dodgers second baseman Chase Utley bobbles a throw from Corey Seager for a second-inning error in Game 4 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium.

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Dodgers first baseman Adiran Gonzalez shows frustration after umps ruled he was out at home in the second inning of Game 4 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium.

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Cubs second baseman Javier Baez tags Dodgers baserunner Justin Turner, who is picked off second base to end the first inning of Game 4 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium.

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Dodgers starter Julio Urias follows through on a pitch to Anthony Rizzo who he struck out in the first inning of Game 4 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium.

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Cubs second baseman Javier Baez gets a forceout at second on the Dodgers’ Corey Seager but throws the ball away while trying to double up Justin Turner at first base in the first inning of Game 4 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium.

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Dodgers rookie Julio Urias throws a pitch against the Cubs in the first inning of Game 4 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium.

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Chicago Cubs players warm up minutes before Game 4 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium.

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On-base streak intact

With his two-run single in the fifth, Turner has reached base in 14 consecutive playoff games, which tied him with Carl Furillo for the longest streak in Dodgers history.

Turner also worked a walk in the seventh inning.

He is batting .321 in the postseason with a triple, two home runs, eight runs batted in and seven walks.

He plays for winners

Kenta Maeda, the Dodgers’ announced Game 5 starter, pitched eight seasons in the Japanese league with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, and his old team is doing OK without him.

The Carp have advanced to the Japan Series, the best-of-seven league championship series.

Asked his thoughts about playing for a championship in the United States while his old team was going for one in Japan, Maeda said he had mixed feelings about the Carp doing so well without him. He also said he was “very happy” for them and “really want to win it for the Dodgers.”

Maeda, who broke in with the Carp when he was 20, had a career record in Japan of 97-67 with a 2.39 earned-run average.

One of the Carp’s pitchers this season is former Dodger Hiroki Kuroda, who this week announced he would retire after the series.

“I’ve been shown an excellent dream with an excellent team,” Kuroda, 41, told the Kyodo News. “And now I want to go out with a smile on my face, all of us celebrating a championship pouring beer on each other.”

Reliever needs relief

Cubs reliever Carl Edwards Jr. left the game with two outs in the seventh inning because of tightness in his left hamstring.

Edwards, a right-hander, got Yasiel Puig to ground out to start the inning, then struck out Howie Kendrick.

However, he walked Seager and was immediately tended to on the mound.

He was replaced by Travis Wood, who walked Turner before getting Gonzalez on a fly ball to left.

mike.hiserman@latimes.com

Times staff writer Mike DiGiovanna contributed to this report.