ANAHEIM — Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire watched the last few innings of Ervin Santana’s no-hitter live on television last week, so he had a decent scouting report.

But it didn’t seem to matter how prepared the Twins were. They got eight hits against the Los Angeles Angels right-hander, but still lost 5-1 Tuesday night as Santana went the distance for the second straight outing — the first time that’s happened in his seven-year career.

“It was a tough night offensively,” Gardenhire said. “We faced a pretty good pitcher. We knew what he’d done the last time out, and he was pretty good again. We tried to make him work early in the game, but he used his breaking ball and made pitches when he had to. He looks pretty confident right now — and coming off a no-hitter, I’m sure he would.”