OAKLAND -- It was nothing short of sweltering at Tuesday's series opener in Oakland. Manager Scott Servais remarked before the game that it was probably the warmest weather he had ever experienced at the Coliseum, and the thermometer was still running high at first pitch, registering a cool 92 degrees. 

You would expect the ball to fly out of the stadium on a night like that. It took a while, but the Mariners eventually got the home run party started in an 8-2 win over the A's. They hit four long balls in the game -- including back-to-back-to-back jacks in the seventh inning from Julio Rodríguez, Jesse Winker and Eugenio Suárez turning a nailbiter into a romp.

It was the first time in nearly 18 years that the Mariners had hit three straight home runs, and just the fourth time it has happened in franchise history. The last time was Aug. 27, 2004, when Miguel Olivo, José López and Hiram Bocachica went back-to-back-to-back against Zack Greinke.

Tuesday's back-to-back-to-back power show combined for a projected distance of 1,295 feet, per Statcast. 

Rodríguez was up first. He faced A's reliever Austin Pruitt with one on and two outs. He hammered the second pitch he saw -- and he seemed to know it would go out right away. Rodríguez slowly trotted to first, watching the ball fly out of the park at 111 mph off the bat, before flipping his bat and rounding the bases. 

Then it was Winker's turn. Not to be outdone, he smoked a four-seamer from Pruitt to dead center.

Suárez didn't waste any time. He was in attack mode from the moment he stepped in the box, and he drove the first offering from Pruitt over the center-field wall, completing the trifecta.