DaShawn Keirsey Jr.’s is capping off his big season in style — record style.

Keirsey, who recently returned to the St. Paul Saints after a short stint in the majors with the Minnesota Twins, had three hits on Saturday as St. Paul lost at home to Indianapolis 8-7.

But the Saints’ center fielder had three hits in the game, setting the franchise record for most hits in a season since the team joined Triple-A. Keirsey has 133 hits this season. He also drove in two runs on Saturday and will begin the final game of the season on Sunday with 81 RBIs, two more than Yunior Severino for the most in a singe season in franchise history.

It wasn’t enough on Saturday.

Indianapolis scored five runs in the first inning and two more in the second to take a lead from which St. Paul wouldn’t recover.

Randy Dobnak started and allowed seven runs on six hits and four walks in four innings. With the Saints rallying, reliever Travis Adams (0-2) took the loss while giving up a run in three innings in relief of Dobnak.

After the Indians led 7-0, the Saints scored five times in the bottom of the second. Jeferson Morales hit a three-run homer, Austin Martin added an RBI double before Keirsey plated another run with a single. Two innings later, Payton Eeles had an RBI triple and Keirsey struck again with an RBI single.

However, Ji Hwan Bae finished the scoring with an RBI single in the sixth for Indianapolis.

Jair Camargo and Carson McCusker each had two hits for St. Paul, who will host the Indians at 12:07 p.m. today in the season’s final game for the Saints.

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