Miami Marlins First-Place Clinch Scenario

Miami does not have a first-place clinch number

Here is a scenario in which Miami wins all 74 of their remaining games (114 total) but does not but does not clinch first place.

Team             W	L	PCT	GB
Philadelphia     115	47	0.710	0.00
Miami            114	48	0.704	1.00
Washington       86	76	0.531	29.00
Atlanta          74	88	0.457	41.00
New York         74	88	0.457	41.00

Tie breakers
Atlanta wins the season series with New York 8 games to 5.

To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division:
Team             W	L	GL	PCT	GB
Philadelphia     53	37	72	0.589	0.0
New York         52	39	71	0.571	1.5
Miami            40	48	74	0.455	12.0
Atlanta          39	50	73	0.438	13.5
Washington       37	53	72	0.411	16.0

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


Atlanta currently has 5 wins against New York and 2 losses.
  Atlanta wins 3 additional games against New York and loses 3.
  Atlanta wins the series 8 games to 5

Miami currently has 3 wins against Atlanta and 2 losses.
  Miami wins 8 additional games against Atlanta and loses 0.
  Miami wins the series 11 games to 2

Miami currently has 2 wins against New York and 4 losses.
  Miami wins 7 additional games against New York and loses 0.
  Miami wins the series 9 games to 4

Miami currently has 2 wins against Philadelphia and 5 losses.
  Miami wins 6 additional games against Philadelphia and loses 0.
  Miami wins the series 8 games to 5

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

New York currently has 4 wins against Philadelphia and 2 losses.
  New York wins 3 additional games against Philadelphia and loses 4.
  New York wins the series 7 games to 6

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

Philadelphia currently has 4 wins against Washington and 2 losses.
  Philadelphia wins 7 additional games against Washington and loses 0.
  Philadelphia wins the series 11 games to 2

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

Washington currently has 2 wins against New York and 5 losses.
  Washington wins 6 additional games against New York and loses 0.
  Washington wins the series 8 games to 5

Atlanta wins 32 games agains teams outside the division and loses 16.
Miami wins 46 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
New York wins 16 games agains teams outside the division and loses 29.
Philadelphia wins 47 games agains teams outside the division and loses 1.
Washington wins 36 games agains teams outside the division and loses 9.

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