By Jeremy Kahn

AP photo: San Francisco Giants Trevor Brown hits a two run homer off the Colorado Rockies Tyler Chatwood for the gamer on Tuesday night at Coors Field in Denver

Trevor Brown may have never heard of Wally Pipp, but he may want to google him after his first game at Coors Field.

Pipp, who was the New York Yankees first baseman prior to Lou Gehrig beginning his 2,130 consecutive game streak from 1925-1939.

Brown hit two home runs, while Jeff Samardzjia pitched eight strong innings, as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Colorado Rockies 7-2 at Coors Field.

Hunter Pence hit a two-run home run for the Giants, who have four out of their last five and 6-2 on the young season.

Starting at catcher in place of Buster Posey, a Brown hit a two-run home run off of Rockies starter Tyler Chatwood in the top of the sixth inning and then added another two-run home run off of Rockies reliever Jason Gurka in the top of the eighth inning.

The four runs batted in by the rookie catcher were a career-high, and it was also the multi-home run game for Brown. It was the second and third home runs of the season for Brown, who broke up a no-hitter against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers at AT&T Park with his first major league home run.

Brown is the first Giants player since 1991 to hit three home runs as his first three hits of the season, when Kevin Mitchell turned the trick.

Samardzjia pitched eight strong innings, as he allowed eight hits, striking out five and allowing two runs over that span.

The two-run home run by Pence was his second home run of the season, breaking a 1-1 tie in the top of the fifth inning.