MLB: St. Louis 9, Chicago Cubs 2

ST. LOUIS, July 29 (UPI) -- Albert Pujols reached 2,000 hits for his career Friday and David Freese hit a three-run homer to bring the St. Louis Cardinals a 9-2 win over the Chicago Cubs.

Starter Edwin Jackson completed a wild week by getting the win in his debut for the Cardinals. He started the week as a member of the Chicago White Sox, was traded to Toronto and then came to St. Louis in an eight-player deal.

Pujols needed two hits to get to his milestone -- the second coming in the eighth inning when he doubled to drive in the final run of the game. He joined Stan Musial (3,630), Lou Brock (2,713), Rogers Hornsby (2,110) and Enos Slaughter (2,064) as the Cardinals who have reached the 2,000 mark.

The homer by Freese came in the fourth inning and gave St. Louis a 3-1 lead.

Jackson (1-0) allowed a run on seven hits in seven innings. He had compiled a 7-7 record while with the White Sox this season.

The loss went to Matt Garza (4-8), who was touched for six runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Ryan Theriot drove in three runs with doubles in the sixth and eighth innings.