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 77 of their remaining games (114 total) but does not but does not clinch first place.

Team             W	L	PCT	GB
TampaBay         115	47	0.710	0.00
Boston           114	48	0.704	1.00
Toronto          68	94	0.420	47.00
NYYankees        67	95	0.414	48.00
Baltimore        66	96	0.407	49.00

To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division:
Team             W	L	GL	PCT	GB
TampaBay         51	33	78	0.607	0.0
NYYankees        48	38	76	0.558	4.0
Toronto          41	46	75	0.471	11.5
Baltimore        40	48	74	0.455	13.0
Boston           37	48	77	0.435	14.5

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


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

Boston currently has 5 wins against NYYankees and 4 losses.
  Boston wins 4 additional games against NYYankees and loses 0.
  Boston wins the series 9 games to 4

Boston currently has 1 wins against TampaBay and 5 losses.
  Boston wins 7 additional games against TampaBay and loses 0.
  Boston wins the series 8 games to 5

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

NYYankees currently has 5 wins against Baltimore and 2 losses.
  NYYankees wins 2 additional games against Baltimore and loses 4.
  NYYankees wins the series 7 games to 6

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

TampaBay currently has 4 wins against NYYankees and 1 losses.
  TampaBay wins 8 additional games against NYYankees and loses 0.
  TampaBay wins the series 12 games to 1

TampaBay currently has 5 wins against Toronto and 1 losses.
  TampaBay wins 7 additional games against Toronto and loses 0.
  TampaBay wins the series 12 games to 1

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

Toronto currently has 3 wins against NYYankees and 4 losses.
  Toronto wins 4 additional games against NYYankees and loses 2.
  Toronto wins the series 7 games to 6

Baltimore wins 22 games agains teams outside the division and loses 26.
Boston wins 52 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
NYYankees wins 15 games agains teams outside the division and loses 37.
TampaBay wins 42 games agains teams outside the division and loses 7.
Toronto wins 17 games agains teams outside the division and loses 32.

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