Baltimore Orioles First-Place Clinch Scenario Baltimore does not have a first-place clinch number Here is a scenario in which Baltimore wins all 55 of their remaining games (107 total) but does not but does not clinch first place. Team W L PCT GB NYYankees 108 54 0.667 0.00 Baltimore 107 55 0.660 1.00 Boston 92 70 0.568 16.00 TampaBay 74 88 0.457 34.00 Toronto 61 101 0.377 47.00 To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division: Team W L GL PCT GB TampaBay 62 43 57 0.590 0.0 NYYankees 60 46 56 0.566 2.5 Boston 55 50 57 0.524 7.0 Baltimore 52 55 55 0.486 11.0 Toronto 49 58 55 0.458 14.0 Next, we show how the remaining series of games in the division play out in the scenario: Baltimore currently has 4 wins against Boston and 5 losses. Baltimore wins 4 additional games against Boston and loses 0. Baltimore wins the series 8 games to 5 Baltimore currently has 2 wins against NYYankees and 5 losses. Baltimore wins 6 additional games against NYYankees and loses 0. Baltimore wins the series 8 games to 5 Baltimore currently has 3 wins against TampaBay and 3 losses. Baltimore wins 7 additional games against TampaBay and loses 0. Baltimore wins the series 10 games to 3 Baltimore currently has 3 wins against Toronto and 4 losses. Baltimore wins 6 additional games against Toronto and loses 0. Baltimore wins the series 9 games to 4 Boston currently has 5 wins against TampaBay and 5 losses. Boston wins 2 additional games against TampaBay and loses 1. Boston wins the series 7 games to 6 Boston currently has 3 wins against Toronto and 6 losses. Boston wins 4 additional games against Toronto and loses 0. Boston wins the series 7 games to 6 NYYankees currently has 4 wins against Boston and 5 losses. NYYankees wins 4 additional games against Boston and loses 0. NYYankees wins the series 8 games to 5 NYYankees currently has 3 wins against TampaBay and 6 losses. NYYankees wins 4 additional games against TampaBay and loses 0. NYYankees wins the series 7 games to 6 NYYankees currently has 4 wins against Toronto and 3 losses. NYYankees wins 6 additional games against Toronto and loses 0. NYYankees wins the series 10 games to 3 TampaBay currently has 8 wins against Toronto and 2 losses. TampaBay wins 2 additional games against Toronto and loses 1. TampaBay wins the series 10 games to 3 Baltimore wins 32 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0. Boston wins 31 games agains teams outside the division and loses 11. NYYankees wins 34 games agains teams outside the division and loses 2. TampaBay wins 9 games agains teams outside the division and loses 31. Toronto wins 11 games agains teams outside the division and loses 25. 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