Albert Pujols had two hits and scored twice as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Miami Marlins 5-1 on Tuesday night.

Adam Wainwright 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.

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 42-year-old Pujols stretched a bloop hit near right the-field foul line into a double in the second inning and came home on Paul DeJong’s double. DeJong scored from second on Miami second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s throwing error.

Tyler O’Neill had an RBI single in the third before Pujols singled and raced home from first on Edman’s triple to right-center.

Edman added a run-scoring single in the fifth.

Wainwright and Yadier Molina made their 307th start together, surpassing the Chicago White Sox battery of Red Faber and Ray Schalk for third most in a big league career.

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