HOUSTON – Andy Ibanez hit a tiebreaking three-run double in Detroit’s four-run eighth inning, and the Tigers defeated the Houston Astros with a 5-2 win on Wednesday in Game 2 of their AL Wild Card Series.

Parker Meadows homered as Detroit ended Houston’s run of seven consecutive AL Championship Series appearances. It was a nice moment for Tigers manager AJ Hinch, who led Houston to the championship in 2017 and was fired in the wake of the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal.

The Tigers entered Wednesday 1-22 in the postseason since 2000 when they trailed in the eighth inning or later. Ibanez became the first player in Tigers history with a pinch-hit, go-ahead hit in the postseason.

“We’ve been doing this all year and he was really ready,” Hinch said of Ibanez.

It was Detroit’s first postseason series win since the 2013 AL Division Series, which they won in five games against the Athletics.

Next up for the wild-card Tigers is a trip to Cleveland to take on the AL Central champions in a best-of-five AL Division Series. Game 1 is on Saturday.

Kerry Carpenter led Detroit’s rally in the eighth inning with a one-out single off Ryan Pressly (0-1), who converted his first 14 save opportunities of the postseason. Carpenter advanced to third base on a single by Matt Vierling and scored on a wild pitch to tie the score at 2.

Pressly left after Colt Keith reached on a walk, and closer Josh Hader walked Spencer Torkelson to load the bases.

Hinch then sent Ibáñez to hit for Zach McKinstry, and Ibanez hit a 1-2 sinker into the left corner for a 5-2 lead.

Hader, who signed a five-year, $95 million contract with Houston in January, allowed three hits and walked two in 1 1/3 innings.

It was the first time the Astros had been swept in a postseason series since the 2005 World Series against the White Sox, a streak of 21 consecutive postseason series. It also broke a seven-season streak, making the LCS the second-longest streak since the round’s inception in 1969.

This report uses information from ESPN Research and The Associated Press.