MILWAUKEE -- Matt Garza struck out eight, the Brewers' offense stayed hot, and Milwaukee rolled to its fifth win in its last six games on Monday night, defeating the Twins 6-2 at Miller Park.Highlighted by a two-run home run by Mark Reynolds, the Brewers scored four runs on six hits off of Twins starter Kyle Gibson, who continued to struggle on the road.It was enough support for Garza, who earned a win against his former team, throwing 6 1/3 scoreless innings and striking out eight while working around six hits and two walks. It was the right-hander's first scoreless start of the season. Garza has 17 strikeouts in his last two starts combined. 
The win put the Brewers 12 games over .500 and snapped a five-game losing streak against Minnesota that dated back to 2012. This season, Milwaukee is now 8-2 in Interleague Play, 13-6 in the first game of a series and 25-8 when scoring first.Gibson, facing the Brewers for the first time in his career, made easy work of the lineup his first time through and was perfect through three innings.But Brewers leadoff hitter Jean Segura bunted for a hit to start the fourth inning and it sparked the Milwaukee lineup. He advanced on a Ryan Braun groundout and scored on a single by Jonathan Lucroy. Carlos Gomez followed with an RBI single to put the Brewers ahead by two.The Twins threatened with a two-out rally in the fifth, and Joe Mauer, having already doubled twice off Garza, came to the plate with two runners in scoring position. But Garza struck him out on three pitches to end the threat.Scooter Gennett led off the bottom of the inning with a double, and Reynolds drove him in with his 13th home run.The Brewers tacked on another run in the seventh, spurred on by two errors from Minnesota third baseman Trevor Plouffe.Reliever Will Smith had his 14th straight appearance without a run allowed when he induced a double-play ball from the only batter he faced in the seventh inning.The Brewers scored their sixth and final run in the eighth when Lucroy launched a solo homer, his third, off Anthony Swarzak.Caitlin Swieca / MLB.com
The win put the Brewers 12 games over .500 and snapped a five-game losing streak against Minnesota that dated back to 2012. This season, Milwaukee is now 8-2 in Interleague Play, 13-6 in the first game of a series and 25-8 when scoring first.Gibson, facing the Brewers for the first time in his career, made easy work of the lineup his first time through and was perfect through three innings.But Brewers leadoff hitter Jean Segura bunted for a hit to start the fourth inning and it sparked the Milwaukee lineup. He advanced on a Ryan Braun groundout and scored on a single by Jonathan Lucroy. Carlos Gomez followed with an RBI single to put the Brewers ahead by two.The Twins threatened with a two-out rally in the fifth, and Joe Mauer, having already doubled twice off Garza, came to the plate with two runners in scoring position. But Garza struck him out on three pitches to end the threat.Scooter Gennett led off the bottom of the inning with a double, and Reynolds drove him in with his 13th home run.The Brewers tacked on another run in the seventh, spurred on by two errors from Minnesota third baseman Trevor Plouffe.Reliever Will Smith had his 14th straight appearance without a run allowed when he induced a double-play ball from the only batter he faced in the seventh inning.The Brewers scored their sixth and final run in the eighth when Lucroy launched a solo homer, his third, off Anthony Swarzak.Caitlin Swieca / MLB.com
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