Boston Red Sox First-Place Clinch Scenario

Boston does not have a first-place clinch number

Here is a scenario in which Boston wins all 64 of their remaining games (117 total) but does not but does not clinch first place.

Team             W	L	PCT	GB
Toronto          117	45	0.722	0.00
Boston           117	45	0.722	0.00
Baltimore        80	82	0.494	37.00
New York         72	90	0.444	45.00
Tampa Bay        70	92	0.432	47.00

Tie breakers
Toronto wins the season series with Boston 7 games to 6.

To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division:
Team             W	L	GL	PCT	GB
Toronto          55	41	66	0.573	0.0
New York         53	43	66	0.552	2.0
Boston           53	45	64	0.541	3.0
Tampa Bay        50	47	65	0.515	5.5
Baltimore        43	52	67	0.453	11.5

Next, we show how the remaining series of games in the division play out in the scenario:


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 4 wins against Tampa Bay and 3 losses.
  Baltimore wins 6 additional games against Tampa Bay and loses 0.
  Baltimore wins the series 10 games to 3

Boston currently has 4 wins against Baltimore and 3 losses.
  Boston wins 6 additional games against Baltimore and loses 0.
  Boston wins the series 10 games to 3

Boston currently has 5 wins against New York and 1 losses.
  Boston wins 7 additional games against New York and loses 0.
  Boston wins the series 12 games to 1

Boston currently has 8 wins against Tampa Bay and 2 losses.
  Boston wins 3 additional games against Tampa Bay and loses 0.
  Boston wins the series 11 games to 2

Tampa Bay currently has 3 wins against New York and 4 losses.
  Tampa Bay wins 6 additional games against New York and loses 0.
  Tampa Bay wins the series 9 games to 4

Toronto currently has 3 wins against Baltimore and 3 losses.
  Toronto wins 7 additional games against Baltimore and loses 0.
  Toronto wins the series 10 games to 3

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

Toronto currently has 5 wins against New York and 2 losses.
  Toronto wins 6 additional games against New York and loses 0.
  Toronto wins the series 11 games to 2

Toronto currently has 1 wins against Tampa Bay and 5 losses.
  Toronto wins 7 additional games against Tampa Bay and loses 0.
  Toronto wins the series 8 games to 5

Baltimore wins 24 games agains teams outside the division and loses 17.
Boston wins 45 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
New York wins 19 games agains teams outside the division and loses 21.
Tampa Bay wins 14 games agains teams outside the division and loses 29.
Toronto wins 42 games agains teams outside the division and loses 1.

Combining the current standings with the wins and losses from the scenario results in the final standings listed above.
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