After being stuck on 20 home runs for 12 games, Yunior Severino finally hit his St. Paul Saints’ record-tying 21st homer of the season on Thursday.

Severino hit one of three home runs for St. Paul in an 8-3 win against Indianapolis, tying the Saints’ single-season home run mark to equal the 20 from Chris Williams and Jair Camargo from last year.

Payton Eeles had a leadoff homer in the bottom of the first inning — the second time in four games for him — and Williams added his 15th of the year. Eeles and DaShawn Keirsey Jr. each had a pair of hits.

The Saints scored at least once in four of the first five innings, capped with a three-run fifth that included Severino’s two-run homer and an RBI single from Patrick Winkel.

Starter Cory Lewis (1-0) allowed two runs on seven hits and three walks in five innings in his first game of the season for the Saints.

Aaron Rozek pitched two scoreless innings in relief. Diego Castillo gave up a run in one inning and Jorge Alcala allowed one hit and got two strikeouts in one inning.

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