Arizona Diamondbacks First-Place Clinch Scenario

Arizona does not have a first-place clinch number

Here is a scenario in which Arizona wins all 69 of their remaining games (115 total) but does not but does not clinch first place.

Team             W	L	PCT	GB
Los Angeles      116	46	0.716	0.00
Arizona          115	47	0.710	1.00
San Diego        81	81	0.500	35.00
Colorado         75	87	0.463	41.00
San Francisco    72	90	0.444	44.00

To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division:
Team             W	L	GL	PCT	GB
Los Angeles      56	38	68	0.596	0.0
San Francisco    51	43	68	0.543	5.0
San Diego        49	43	70	0.533	6.0
Arizona          46	47	69	0.495	9.5
Colorado         21	72	69	0.226	34.5

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


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

Arizona currently has 3 wins against Los Angeles and 4 losses.
  Arizona wins 6 additional games against Los Angeles and loses 0.
  Arizona wins the series 9 games to 4

Arizona currently has 4 wins against San Diego and 2 losses.
  Arizona wins 7 additional games against San Diego and loses 0.
  Arizona wins the series 11 games to 2

Arizona currently has 4 wins against San Francisco and 3 losses.
  Arizona wins 6 additional games against San Francisco and loses 0.
  Arizona wins the series 10 games to 3

Colorado currently has 1 wins against San Diego and 5 losses.
  Colorado wins 7 additional games against San Diego and loses 0.
  Colorado wins the series 8 games to 5

Colorado currently has 2 wins against San Francisco and 5 losses.
  Colorado wins 6 additional games against San Francisco and loses 0.
  Colorado wins the series 8 games to 5

Los Angeles currently has 6 wins against Colorado and 0 losses.
  Los Angeles wins 7 additional games against Colorado and loses 0.
  Los Angeles wins the series 13 games to 0

Los Angeles currently has 5 wins against San Diego and 2 losses.
  Los Angeles wins 6 additional games against San Diego and loses 0.
  Los Angeles wins the series 11 games to 2

Los Angeles currently has 2 wins against San Francisco and 1 losses.
  Los Angeles wins 10 additional games against San Francisco and loses 0.
  Los Angeles wins the series 12 games to 1

San Diego currently has 4 wins against San Francisco and 2 losses.
  San Diego wins 7 additional games against San Francisco and loses 0.
  San Diego wins the series 11 games to 2

Arizona wins 43 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
Colorado wins 41 games agains teams outside the division and loses 1.
Los Angeles wins 37 games agains teams outside the division and loses 2.
San Diego wins 25 games agains teams outside the division and loses 18.
San Francisco wins 21 games agains teams outside the division and loses 18.

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