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 43 of their remaining games (107 total) but does not but does not clinch first place.

Team             W	L	PCT	GB
TampaBay         108	54	0.667	0.00
Boston           107	55	0.660	1.00
NYYankees        105	57	0.648	3.00
Toronto          74	88	0.457	34.00
Baltimore        73	89	0.451	35.00

To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division:
Team             W	L	GL	PCT	GB
TampaBay         73	46	43	0.613	0.0
NYYankees        67	52	43	0.563	6.0
Boston           64	55	43	0.538	9.0
Baltimore        58	62	42	0.483	15.5
Toronto          58	63	41	0.479	16.0

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


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

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 5 wins against TampaBay and 5 losses.
  Boston wins 3 additional games against TampaBay and loses 0.
  Boston wins the series 8 games to 5

NYYankees currently has 5 wins against Baltimore and 2 losses.
  NYYankees wins 6 additional games against Baltimore and loses 0.
  NYYankees wins the series 11 games to 2

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 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 8 wins against Toronto and 2 losses.
  TampaBay wins 3 additional games against Toronto and loses 0.
  TampaBay wins the series 11 games to 2

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 8 wins against Boston and 3 losses.
  Toronto wins 0 additional games against Boston and loses 2.
  Toronto wins the series 8 games to 5

Baltimore wins 15 games agains teams outside the division and loses 4.
Boston wins 30 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
NYYankees wins 22 games agains teams outside the division and loses 1.
TampaBay wins 25 games agains teams outside the division and loses 1.
Toronto wins 10 games agains teams outside the division and loses 14.

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