The last time the Yankees played the Angels, New York conducted a three-game sweep in Anaheim. That came at the tail end of an nine-game winning streak. In many ways, this was right when the Bombers came into their own.
Since then, the Angels have cooled down. They hit the skids over the last week and now sit five games behind the Astros. The Halos still field two of the best players on the planet in Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani, but not a lot else is working in their favor.