LOS ANGELES -- A bunt got the Chicago Cubs off and running as they ended a major slump in a rout of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night.

Anthony Rizzo and Addison Russell broke out of their skips by hitting home runs, and the Cubs pounded the Dodgers 10-2 at Dodger Stadium to even the National League Championship Series at two games apiece.

The Cubs, who were shut out the previous two games, broke a scoreless tie with a four-run fourth inning before pulling away.

"You knew it was going to happen. It was just a matter of about when," said Cubs center fielder Dexter Fowler, who went 2-for-5 with an RBI.

Game 5 is Thursday at Dodger Stadium.

Rizzo and Russell each had three hits, and Rizzo drove in three runs. Rizzo was 1-for-11 in the series before Wednesday, and Russell was 0-for-9.

"To even up the series, now we have a chance to take another one here (Thursday) and go home with a 3-2 lead," said Rizzo, who recorded his first RBIs of the postseason. "In a way, this is just one game. And we know that it's going to be a quick turnaround to be ready (Thursday), but this was definitely a big game for us."

Ben Zobrist also had two hits for Chicago.

Reliever Mike Montgomery (1-0) struck out two and allowed two hits in two innings for the win. Montgomery, who became the third reliever to earn a win and record a hit in an NLCS contest, relieved starter John Lackey, who went four-plus innings and allowed two runs on three hits with three strikeouts and three walks.

Dodgers rookie pitcher Julio Urias (0-1) gave up four runs on four hits with four strikeouts and two walks in 3 2/3 innings. The 20-year-old became the youngest pitcher in major league history to start a playoff game.

"I came out with a positive mentality," said Urias, who at 20 years and 68 days surpassed Bret Saberhagen, the previous youngest at 20 years and 175 days when he started the 1984 American League Championship Series for the Kansas City Royals against the Detroit Tigers. "I came out to fight for the team. Unfortunately, we didn't get a favorable result."

A five-run sixth, highlighted by an RBI single by Fowler and a two-run base hit by Rizzo, blew the game open for Chicago.

The Dodgers believed they scored in the second inning. After Andrew Toles singled to right with two outs, Adrian Gonzalez was called out at the plate by umpire Angel Hernandez on throw by right fielder Jason Heyward to catcher Willson Contreras. A replay review failed to overturn the call.

"I knew I was safe. I was safe, and we've got plenty of still frames to prove that I was safe," Gonzalez said. "Unfortunately, this turned into a trial, and there was not enough evidence."

In the fourth, the Cubs ended their drought when Contreras' single drove in Zobrist, who reached on a bunt and advanced to second on a bloop single by Javier Baez, for 1-0 edge. It was the Chicago's first run since the eighth inning of Game 1, a span of 21 innings.

Heyward's groundout scored Baez, and Russell followed with a two-run shot to right-center off Urias to boost the Cubs' cushion to 4-0.

"I've been struggling this postseason a little bit but didn't panic," Russell said. "My confidence was still there. I feel like I've been seeing the ball well, taking some pretty good swings."

Rizzo led off the fifth with a solo blast off reliever Pedro Baez for a 5-0 advantage.

In the bottom of the fifth, walks to Toles and pinch hitter Andre Ethier marked the end for Lackey. A single by pinch hitter Howie Kendrick off Montgomery loaded the bases with no outs.

After Montgomery fanned Corey Seager, Justin Turner bounced a two-run single off the reliever's glove and into shallow left to slice the margin to 5-2. However, Montgomery retired Gonzalez and pinch hitter Enrique Hernandez to end the inning.

NOTES: Despite the Cubs hitting .161 in the first three games of the series, manager Joe Maddon remained confident before Game 4 that his club would bust out offensively. "We've run into this quite a bit this postseason, and it's part of the postseason, man," said Maddon, mentioning the Cubs' difficulties hitting against the San Francisco Giants and RHP Johnny Cueto, in particular, in the National League Division Series. "Toronto is experiencing it right now, and they're a pretty good offensive ballclub." That comment came minutes before the Blue Jays were eliminated by the Cleveland Indians in the American League Championship Series. ... Dodgers manager Dave Roberts insisted RHP Kenta Maeda (0-1, 9.00 ERA in the postseason) would start Game 5 instead of bringing back LHP Clayton Kershaw on three days' rest. Cubs LHP Jon Lester (1-0, 0.64 ERA in postseason) will oppose Maeda.