Miami Marlins First-Place Clinch Scenario

Miami does not have a first-place clinch number

Here is a scenario in which Miami wins all 59 of their remaining games (96 total) but does not but does not clinch first place.

Team             W	L	PCT	GB
Atlanta          97	65	0.599	0.00
Miami            96	66	0.593	1.00
Philadelphia     74	88	0.457	23.00
New York         72	90	0.444	25.00
Washington       72	90	0.444	25.00

Tie breakers
New York wins the season series with Washington 10 games to 3.

To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division:
Team             W	L	GL	PCT	GB
Philadelphia     64	38	60	0.627	0.0
Atlanta          54	47	61	0.535	9.5
New York         54	48	60	0.529	10.0
Washington       47	56	59	0.456	17.5
Miami            37	66	59	0.359	27.5

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


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

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

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

Miami currently has 5 wins against New York and 5 losses.
  Miami wins 3 additional games against New York and loses 0.
  Miami wins the series 8 games to 5

Miami currently has 3 wins against Philadelphia and 4 losses.
  Miami wins 6 additional games against Philadelphia and loses 0.
  Miami wins the series 9 games to 4

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

New York currently has 8 wins against Washington and 2 losses.
  New York wins 2 additional games against Washington and loses 1.
  New York wins the series 10 games to 3

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

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

Washington currently has 7 wins against Miami and 0 losses.
  Washington wins 0 additional games against Miami and loses 6.
  Washington wins the series 7 games to 6

Atlanta wins 32 games agains teams outside the division and loses 4.
Miami wins 37 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
New York wins 7 games agains teams outside the division and loses 34.
Philadelphia wins 3 games agains teams outside the division and loses 30.
Washington wins 19 games agains teams outside the division and loses 19.

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