Brandon Woodruff threw five shutout innings and Omar Narváez homered and doubled as the Milwaukee Brewers opened their home schedule with a 5-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.

Woodruff struck out two and allowed just three hits and a walk.

Kolten Wong ripped Adam Wainwright’s first pitch for a leadoff triple down the right-field line and came home on Andrew McCutchen’s two-out single up the middle.

Milwaukee extended the lead to 2-0 in the second when Narváez ripped an 85-mph cutter from Wainwright over the right-field wall for a homer.

The Brewers added two more runs in the third. Christian Yelich hit a leadoff double off the center-field wall and scored on Hunter Renfroe’s two-out single. Narváez followed with a double to left-center that brought home Rowdy Tellez, who had reached on a one-out walk.

Wainwright struck out seven and allowed eight hits and two walks in 4 1/3 innings.

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These two teams continue their four-game series tonight with Miles Mikolas starting for the Cardinals and Freddy Peralta starting for the Brewers. Game time is 7:10.