JUPITER, Fla. • In the last game they had played, Tommy Edman, Lane Thomas, Max Schrock, Andrew Knizner, Rangel Ravelo and Ramon Urias had been part of a 17-hit attack as Memphis clinched the Class AAA championship by drubbing Durham 14-4 last Sept. 18.

On Saturday, as the Cardinals opened their exhibition schedule with a 20-hit, 11-1 pounding of the Miami Marlins, that sextet combined for 15 of the 20 hits, with only Knizner and Ravelo, each of whom had two hits, in the starting lineup.

Urias had two hits off the bench and hit a three-run homer to highlight a five-run fifth. Shrock had three hits and bashed a three-run homer to highlight a five-run sixth.

Thomas and Edman also had three hits as reserves.

“That was a pretty good overall team win right there,” said Knizer, who had a double and a single and handled starters Miles Mikolas and Jack Flaherty.

“Pitching, hitting, defense.”

Knizner, who had a double and single, said, “When you have guys competing and playing to win from the first pitch in a spring training game, that’s something special. You don’t see that a lot.