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NextImg:Angels’ massive fireworks blunder leaves fans fuming

The Angels celebrated for the wrong team. 

On Saturday night, Eugenio Suarez swatted his second solo home run of the night in the fourth inning for a 2-1 lead in Anaheim.

While the dinger was nothing out of the ordinary for the slugger, what happened immediately after sure was.

The pyrotechnics crew at Angel Stadium set off fireworks for the hard-hitting Diamondbacks third baseman, a show normally reserved for only the home team. 

Angels fans were understandably livid, showering the stadium with boos as Suarez trotted around the bases. 

Fans immediately began to clown the Angels organization for the dazzling blunder.

“Someone’s getting fired over that,” one fan wrote on X, while another questioned if Angel Stadium had seen such a blunder before — which it has.

Baseball player high-fiving coach after a home run.
Diamondbacks’ Eugenio Suárez, right, celebrates with third base coach Shaun Larkin, left, after hitting a home run against the Los Angeles Angels. AP

Almost a year to the day prior, fireworks went off in the bottom of the ninth with the home team in the process losing 11-0 to the Mariners.

In August 2022, the team’s minor league affiliate had its fireworks show go horribly awry when the combustibles fired into the stands, sending fans running.

The errors have likely not helped foster good feelings around a franchise that has not made a postseason appearance since 2014 and is without a playoff series win since 2009 despite having the likes of Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani and Albert Pujols on their roster at points during the drought.

Entering the 2025 All-Star break, the Angels sit at 47-49, second-to-last in the American League West with a seven-game cushion ahead of the Athletics and almost assuredly set to stretch their postseason-less streak to another year.

There is some hope for the future — 23-year-old first baseman Nolan Schanuel has a .764 OPS with a 1.4 WAR while 26-year-old pitcher Jose Soriano is also having a solid season with a 1.8 WAR — but seemingly plenty of time to get the fireworks situation sorted out in the meantime.