Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - Kevin Slowey pitched his first career shutout and Delmon Young hit a two-run homer as the Minnesota Twins defeated the Milwaukee Brewers, 5-0, in the rubber match of a three-game series at the Metrodome.

Slowey (5-6) surrendered only three hits and struck out eight without allowing a walk. The 24-year-old righty, has won five of his last eight starts.

"I think anytime you talk about a pitchers outing, the first batter, first pitch of the at bat are very important." Slowey said. "I was able to get through the first couple innings and give our hitters a chance to score, which they did. It made it a lot easier for me in the middle innings knowing that we were putting up runs and it would take more than one run to beat us."

Alexi Casilla finished 2-for-4 with an RBI double and Carlos Gomez knocked in one with a triple as the Twins have now won 11 of their last 12 games.

Ben Sheets (9-2) took the loss, giving up five runs on nine hits, while striking out seven. It was Sheets' first loss since the middle of May and he is now 6-1 in 11 road starts this season.

J.J. Hardy, Corey Hart and Mike Cameron accounted for the Brewers only hits. Milwaukee has lost three of its last four.

Minnesota got on the board in the bottom of the fourth. After the first two hitters went down on strikes, Joe Mauer laced a double to right and Justin Morneau walked. Jason Kubel then singled to left to plate the first run of the ball game.

"He's a great pitcher." Mauer said of Sheets. "We faced some pretty good pitchers the last couple weeks. That's always a real good confidence boost for this team. It all starts with Kevin Slowey, giving us that great start and we were able to get to Sheets eventually."

The Twins tacked on another in the fifth when Brian Buscher led off the inning with a base hit and after the next two batters were retired, came around to score on a triple by Gomez, giving Minnesota a 2-0 lead.

Young's two-run homer to left in the sixth scored Kubel, who drew a two-out walk and stretched the Twins advantage to 4-0. A run-scoring double by Casilla in the seventh, gave the home team a five-run cushion.

The Brewers bats were silent in the eighth and after the Twins failed to score in the bottom of the frame, Slowey retired the side in order in the ninth.

"He didn't pull any tricks. It's called execusion." Brewers manager Ned Yost said of Slowey. "Those types of games like that, you just take your hat off. You got beat. He beat us. He pitched very, very well. There just wasn't much we could do against him."