The Brewers’ Domingo Santana, right, and Brett Phillips nearly collide as Phillips can’t catch a ball hit by the San Francisco Giants’ Eduardo Nunez during the ninth inning Monday in Milwaukee. (AP photo)

The Giants pitcher steadied himself quickly enough, though, and pitched San Francisco to a 7-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday.

The right-hander entered 0-3 with a 6.00 ERA in Milwaukee, but rebounded with a gem to get the win Monday. Samardzija allowed two runs in the first before dominating over 7 2/3 innings, retiring 19 consecutive batters in one stretch.

“For a big guy known as a power-type pitcher, he has remarkable command,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.

Samardzija’s split-finger fastball baffled batters throughout the game.

Milwaukee Brewers' Eric Thames celebrates his home run on Sunday in Milwaukee. (AP photo)

“It was effective,” Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell said. “We didn’t do much against him.”

Aaron Hill had a tiebreaking, pinch-hit double with two outs in the eighth inning off reliever Rob Scahill (1-2).

Milwaukee’s first-inning runs came in an unusual fashion. With runners on second and third and one out, Hernan Perez lofted a fly to left. Eric Sogard tagged and scored when left fielder Orlando Calixte’s throw sailed high over catcher Buster Posey and caromed off the wall behind home plate. The ball hit the screen and dropped behind a padded message board and out of play, allowing another run to score.

San Francisco cut the lead to 2-1 in the fourth on Joe Panik’s run-scoring single. The Giants tied the score an inning later on Eduardo Nunez’s home run.