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Albert Pujols had two hits and scored twice as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Miami Marlins 5-1 on Tuesday night. Adam Wainwright (2-1) allowed one run and five hits in 5 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and two walks. Tommy Edman tripled, singled and drove in two runs, and Paul Goldschmidt also had two hits for St. Louis. Now getting some playing time as a designated hitter in his return to the Cardinals, Pujols is 6 for 9 against left-handers. Marlins’ starter Jesús Luzardo allowed five runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. Luzardo (0-1) struck out three and walked two. Wainwright walked two in the first inning, then settled down after third baseman Nolan Arenado reached near the foul line to grab Avisaíl García’s hard grounder and made a long throw to Goldschmidt. The first baseman stretched to catch Arenado’s throw and get Garcia and end the early Marlins threat. RHP Miles Mikolas (1-0, 2.61 ERA) will start the second game of the series for the Cardinals on Wednesday against RHP Sandy Alcantara (1-0, 3.18).