Brewers 7, Giants 0: Notes from the press box

Dennis Semrau  - 
Statistical notes from the Brewers' 7-0 victory over San Francisco at Miller Park on Sunday afternoon on Prince Fielder Bobblehead Day:
** It was hard to believe that Ben Sheets had not pitched a shutout in seven years. But his five-hit complete game gem with eight strikeouts was his second career shutout and first since he blanked St. Louis 7-0 on May 29, 2001. Sunday's effort was also his 14^th career complete game. Sheets, clocked at 97 miles per hour in the  first inning, allowed only one hit over the final five innings. That was an infield single by Fred Lewis in the sixth inning. Sheets threw 109 pitches, including 78 for strikes.
* J.J. Hardy ended his 0-for-8 hitless streak with an RBI double off Barry Zito in the second inning. Hardy was 1-for-2 with two walks today.
* San Francisco catcher Stephen Holm collected his first career Major League hit when he singled in the second inning off Sheets.
* Gabe Kapler belted his second home run in two days when he launched a 3-2 pitch from Zito over the left field wall in the fifth inning. It traveled an estimated 397 feet.
* Ryan Braun also connected on a solo blast off Zito in the fifth inning. He blasted a 1-2 pitch into the left field bleachers for his second home run, also in two days. Braun finished 3-for-5 with three RBI. His home run traveled 419 feet.
* Corey Hart reached base safely in all four of his at-bats. He reached base on an error, single, single and hit-by-pitch. He finished 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
* Prince Fielder has hit safely in all six games this season. He was 1-for-4 with a double today.
* The Brewers have scored first in all six games this season.
* Milwaukee has swept a three-game series from the Giants in each of the last two seasons. The Brew Crew took three straight games from San Francisco at Miller Park from June 18-20, 2007.
* With today's sellout crowd of 44,014, the Brewers established a new team record during the three-game opening series by drawing an attendance of 119,800. The previous attendance record for the Brewers' first three home games of a season was 116,752 from April 6-8, 2001. Those were the first three games ever played at Miller Park.
The Brewers have an off day on Monday before continuing their six-game, seven-day homestand on Tuesday with their first night game of the season. Milwaukee hosts the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Tuesday's matchup (7:05 p.m., Miller Park, FSN Wisconsin) will feature Brewers RHP Jeff Suppan (1-0, 2.84) against Reds RHP Johnny Cueto (1-0, 1.29).