MILWAUKEE — When the regular season began, Milwaukee manager Ned Yost rightfully talked about how much the Brewers would miss center fielder Mike Cameron, who is serving a 25-game suspension for testing positive last fall for a banned stimulant.

In the meantime, Gabe Kapler is doing everything he possibly can to make sure you remember him.

Kapler hit a home run Sunday and also finished with his second multi-hit game in three starts in center this season to help power the Brewers to a 7-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants, Milwaukee's fifth victory in six games.

"It feels good going into the off-day knowing we can relax after getting off to a good start," said Kapler, who is hitting .438 with six RBIs in 16 at-bats.

Kapler took a low-key approach to joining the Brewers this spring after retiring last year and managing in the Boston Red Sox farm system. He remains low-key, seemingly almost embarrassed by the attention he received from reporters following Sunday's game.

But there's been nothing low-key about his impact.

"Gabe Kapler is a winning type player, a guy who does all the fundamental things right and plays the game the way we like it played," manager Ned Yost said. "I don't know why he retired in the first place.

"He was swinging the bat well in spring training, a line-drive, gap-type hitter. He was very impressive from the first day on. He's not a guy who grew on you. From the first day, it was, 'Whoa.' "

Kapler isn't taking any personal credit for his start. He's just thankful for the chance.

"I got a good opportunity in spring training and I'm getting a good opportunity now," he said. "I feel like I'm being placed in a good position to have some success, and that's a tribute to Ned.

"The best leaders put the people who work for them in a position to have success, and I think everyone in this room, to the man, can say they've been put in a good position."

Kapler is part of a three-man rotation in center in Cameron's absence. Tony Gwynn, slowed by a hamstring problem but who may be able to return for Tuesday's game with Cincinnati, and Gabe Gross also have played center. The trio has combined for a .462 average with eight RBIs.

Sheets on Kendall

It's apparent after two games that Ben Sheets likes throwing to catcher Jason Kendall.

Sheets said after the season opener in Chicago that he shook off Kendall three times and regretted each decision.

In Sunday's shutout, he said he shook him off three times again, but one of those times he went back to the original pitch Kendall called.

"He does the thinking for me," Sheets said of the Brewers' new catcher. "If I can keep my head out of it, I'm better."

Counsell explains error

The day after committing the Brewers' first error of the season, infielder Craig Counsell could laugh while explaining why he threw the ball from shortstop into the Brewers' dugout on a ground ball off the bat of Giants catcher Bengie Molina.

"Molina's the slowest player in the league," he said.

"What?" was the response to his answer.

"If Molina's a fast runner or even an average runner, I don't even think about that throw, I just make it," Counsell said. "But he's so slow, I had too much time to think about it. I wish he were faster."

Attendance boost

The marketing decision to offer a Prince Fielder bobblehead to Sunday's attendees helped the Brewers get their second sellout in three games.

The crowd of 44,014 boosted the three-day attendance total to 119,800, a record for the first three games at Miller Park.