Baltimore Orioles First-Place Clinch Scenario Baltimore does not have a first-place clinch number Here is a scenario in which Baltimore wins all 12 of their remaining games (82 total) but does not but does not clinch first place. Team W L PCT GB Boston 91 71 0.562 0.00 Toronto 88 74 0.543 3.00 New York 88 74 0.543 3.00 Baltimore 82 80 0.506 9.00 Tampa Bay 82 80 0.506 9.00 Tie breakers Toronto wins the season series with New York 8 games to 5. Baltimore wins the season series with Tampa Bay 8 games to 5. To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division: Team W L GL PCT GB Toronto 88 62 12 0.587 0.0 New York 83 67 12 0.553 5.0 Boston 82 68 12 0.547 6.0 Tampa Bay 73 77 12 0.487 15.0 Baltimore 70 80 12 0.467 18.0 Next, we show how the remaining series of games in the division play out in the scenario: Boston has won the season series with Baltimore 8 games to 5. Boston has won the season series with New York 9 games to 4. New York has won the season series with Tampa Bay 9 games to 4. Toronto has won the season series with Baltimore 7 games to 6. Toronto has won the season series with New York 8 games to 5. Baltimore currently has 3 wins against New York and 3 losses. Baltimore wins 7 additional games against New York and loses 0. Baltimore wins the series 10 games to 3 Baltimore currently has 5 wins against Tampa Bay and 5 losses. Baltimore wins 3 additional games against Tampa Bay and loses 0. Baltimore wins the series 8 games to 5 Boston currently has 8 wins against Tampa Bay and 2 losses. Boston wins 0 additional games against Tampa Bay and loses 3. Boston wins the series 8 games to 5 Tampa Bay currently has 5 wins against Toronto and 2 losses. Tampa Bay wins 6 additional games against Toronto and loses 0. Tampa Bay wins the series 11 games to 2 Toronto currently has 7 wins against Boston and 3 losses. Toronto wins 0 additional games against Boston and loses 3. Toronto wins the series 7 games to 6 Baltimore wins 2 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0. Boston wins 6 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0. New York wins 5 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0. Tampa Bay wins 0 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0. Toronto wins 0 games agains teams outside the division and loses 3. Combining the current standings with the wins and losses from the scenario results in the final standings listed above. # Baltimore Orioles' magic number # Baltimore's magic number # Orioles' magic number # MLB Playoff Race