Dickerson arrives in style for the Giants

PHOENIX — Concern, regret and disappointment are just a few of the feelings that often run through the head of a 20-something-year-old waking up in a Las Vegas hotel bed.

Some choose to stay anyway. Others, like Alex Dickerson, can’t wait to leave.

Hours after hopping on a plane, Dickerson hit the jackpot anyway.

Shortly after receiving a call to the big leagues, Dickerson turned in one of the most impressive debut performances in San Francisco Giants history in an 11-5 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The 29-year-old outfielder was promoted to the major league roster on Friday after the Giants placed center fielder Steven Duggar on the 10-day injured list with back tightness.

A night after picking up two hits for the Sacramento River Cats in a matchup with the Las Vegas Aviators, Dickerson crushed a grand slam, drove in a career-high six runs and finished a double shy of the cycle to help the Giants break a three-game losing streak.

After lining a single over D’backs shortstop Nick Ahmed in his first at-bat, Dickerson stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the third.

All he did with a 2-1 offering from Arizona starter Taylor Clarke was launch the longest home run hit by a Giants player this season. Dickerson’s 458foot blast left his bat at 110.9 miles per hour and soared through the dry air in the Arizona desert, giving the Giants a 6-0 lead.

With a mammoth blast in his first major league game since May 19, Dickerson joined Bobby Bonds (6/25/1968) and Brandon Crawford (5/27/2011) as the only Giants players to hit grand slams in their debut with the club.

In the top of the seventh, Dickerson returned to the plate and smashed a two-run triple high off the left field wall as he finished his night with three hits and became the first player since Mark Lewis on April 13, 1997 (9) to record at least eight total bases in a Giants debut.

After back and elbow surgeries forced Dickerson to miss the entire 2017 and 2018 seasons, he left Las Vegas on Friday morning and made his own luck at Chase Field.