Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Wes Bankston belted his first career homer and Ryan Sweeney singled in the go-ahead run in the fifth inning, as Oakland finally broke a home jinx against the Mariners by holding on for a 4-3 win.

Mark Ellis singled in the other run for the Athletics, who snapped a two-game overall skid and eight-game home slide versus the Mariners. Seattle had won both of its contests in Oakland this season and had captured 10 of 11 at McAfee Coliseum since the start of last season.

Dana Eveland (7-5) allowed nine hits, including a three-run first inning homer to Richie Sexson, and walked four over 5 1/3 innings to win his third consecutive decision.

"I felt like everything I threw in the zone they were putting the bat on it and just a few walks killed me," Eveland said. "I hate walking people and I had a few walks tonight, threw a lot of pitches in 5 1/3rd and my team picked me up. They did an awesome job these guys."

Huston Street worked out of trouble in the ninth inning to record his 17th save to close out the opener of the four-game series.

Jarrod Washburn (4-8) went the distance for the Mariners, surrendering seven hits and recording five strikeouts, but had his five-start unbeaten streak come to an end.

Adrian Beltre had four hits for Seattle, which dropped a 2-1 home game to Detroit in 15 innings on Sunday.

Bankston, who had his contract selected from Triple-A Sacramento last Wednesday and has started each of the A's six games since then, doubled to start the third and scored on Ellis' two-out hit to left.

Carlos Gonzalez bunted for a hit to start the Oakland fifth and went to third on the play when catcher Kenji Johjima threw the ball away at first.

Bankston then turned on a Washburn offering for a homer over the wall in left to tie the game. With one out, Gregorio Petit doubled to center, and with two down, Sweeney singled to left to provide the one-run lead.

The Mariners loaded the bases in the sixth with one out, but scoreless phenom Brad Ziegler stopped the rally by getting Jose Lopez to ground into a double play.

Sexson grounded into a double play, again with Ziegler on the hill. The righty allowed just one hits over two scoreless innings on Monday. Ziegler has not allowed a run in 16 outings and 18 innings. That is the longest scoreless streak to start a career in Oakland history, passing the 16 1/3 innings set by Steve Chitren in 1990.

Ichiro Suzuki reached first on an infield single with one out in the ninth and went to third on a throwing error by third baseman Jack Hannahan. Lopez walked, but Raul Ibanez popped out, and Beltre flied out to left to end the game.

Ibanez walked with two down in the first, Beltre then legged out an infield hit before Sexson hit his 11th homer of the season.

"Richie jumps us out to a lead, Wash pitches us a good ballgame, that's one I feel we didn't put the killer instinct on them and jump on them and get 'em early," Mariners manager Jim Riggleman said. "Eveland did a good job holding us down after that but that's one we've got to get."