The St. Louis Cardinals won the series opener over the Miami Marlins 5-1 on Tuesday night. The Cards got up 4-0 with 2 runs in each the second and third innings to grab control of the game.

Tommy Edman had 2 hits and 2 RBI and Albert Pujols had two hits and two runs scored. Adam Wainwright picked up the win on the mound going 5 2/3 innings with 6 strikeouts, allowing 5 hits and 1 earned run

The Cardinals improve to 6-3 on the season and will face the Marlins again Wednesday night. We’ll have that one on KJAN with pregame starting at 4:45 p.m.