San Francisco Giants Alex Dickerson connects with the first of three home runs for the night. Here he takes Colorado Rockies pitcher Jon Gray deep at Coors Field in Denver on Tuesday night (photo from sfgate.com)

By Jeremy Kahn

When you head to Coors Field in Denver, anything can happen in a game between the San Francisco Giants and the Colorado Rockies.

Alex Dickerson hit three home runs and picked up 16 total bases, tying Willie Mays for the most in the most in the San Francisco era. Mays picked his 16 total bases against the Milwaukee Braves at County Stadium on April 30, 1961.

Dickerson hit a 480-foot home run into the upper deck in right field, helping the Giants to a 23-5 victory over the Rockies at Coors Field.

The Giants tied the San Francisco record for most runs in a game with 23 and most hits in a game with 27, tying the record that took place on June 8, 1990 against the Atlanta Braves at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.

Going into the ninth inning, the Giants were trying to become the first team this century to score in all nine innings; however, usual Rockies catcher Drew Butera put a halt to that chance.

The trio of Dickerson, Brandon Crawford and Donovan Solano became the first three players to drive at six runs in the same game since RBIs became a stat 100 years ago during the 1920 season.

Dickerson put the Giants on the board in the top of the first inning, as he launched the second longest home run of the season, as his 480-foot home run that landed in the upper deck came up three feet short of tying Giancarlo Stanton of the New York Yankees for the longest home run of the season.

Once again, Dickerson hit a home run in the top of the second inning, as he hit a two-run home run in the top of the second inning, as the Giants scored four runs and took a 5-0 lead. With the second home run by Dickerson, it became the first home run of game of Dickersons career.

Dickerson hit a double in the top of the fourth inning and then hit his third home run against Jairo Garcia in the top of the sixth.

In the top of the ninth inning, Dickerson barely missed tying Mays record with four home runs, as he doubled off the left-center field wall. It was the fifth hit and second double of the night for Dickerson, who became the first player since Matt Carpenter last season to have five extra base hits in the same game.

Kevin Gausman went five innings, allowing two runs and two hits to pick up his second win of the season. Both of the hits that Gausman allowed were home runs by Garrett Hampson.

NOTES: Those 23 runs were the third-most that the Rockies allowed in team history, behind the 26 runs that the Chicago Cubs scored on August 18, 1995 and the 24 runs they allowed to the Cincinnati Reds on May 19, 1999. The 27 hits by the Giants tied for the most allowed by a Rockies team, set when the Cubs also hit 27 in that 1995 game.

Daniel Robertson was called up from the alternate site in Sacramento and made his Giants debut and singled in his Giants debut in the top of the eighth inning.

Former Giants outfielder Kevin Pillar made his debut for the Rockies, as he started in centerfield, one day after being acquired from the Boston Red Sox.

UP NEXT: Logan Webb looks to even his record on the season at 3-3, as he takes the mound in the series and road trip finale for the Giants, while Kyle Freeland heads to the mound for the Rockies, as they look to split the series.