Pittsburgh Pirates First-Place Clinch Scenario Pittsburgh does not have a first-place clinch number Here is a scenario in which Pittsburgh wins all 42 of their remaining games (100 total) but does not but does not clinch first place. Team W L PCT GB Milwaukee 101 61 0.623 0.00 Pittsburgh 100 62 0.617 1.00 ChicagoCubs 83 79 0.512 18.00 Cincinnati 81 81 0.500 20.00 StLouis 73 89 0.451 28.00 To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division: Team W L GL PCT GB Milwaukee 74 45 43 0.622 0.0 ChicagoCubs 69 50 43 0.580 5.0 StLouis 59 60 43 0.496 15.0 Pittsburgh 58 62 42 0.483 16.5 Cincinnati 56 61 45 0.479 17.0 Next, we show how the remaining series of games in the division play out in the scenario: Pittsburgh has won the season series with Cincinnati 7 games to 6. ChicagoCubs currently has 6 wins against Cincinnati and 1 losses. ChicagoCubs wins 6 additional games against Cincinnati and loses 0. ChicagoCubs wins the series 12 games to 1 Milwaukee currently has 4 wins against ChicagoCubs and 2 losses. Milwaukee wins 7 additional games against ChicagoCubs and loses 0. Milwaukee wins the series 11 games to 2 Milwaukee currently has 6 wins against Cincinnati and 1 losses. Milwaukee wins 1 additional games against Cincinnati and loses 5. Milwaukee wins the series 7 games to 6 Milwaukee currently has 8 wins against StLouis and 2 losses. Milwaukee wins 3 additional games against StLouis and loses 0. Milwaukee wins the series 11 games to 2 Pittsburgh currently has 5 wins against ChicagoCubs and 5 losses. Pittsburgh wins 3 additional games against ChicagoCubs and loses 0. Pittsburgh wins the series 8 games to 5 Pittsburgh currently has 6 wins against Milwaukee and 4 losses. Pittsburgh wins 3 additional games against Milwaukee and loses 0. Pittsburgh wins the series 9 games to 4 Pittsburgh currently has 2 wins against StLouis and 5 losses. Pittsburgh wins 6 additional games against StLouis and loses 0. Pittsburgh wins the series 8 games to 5 StLouis currently has 5 wins against ChicagoCubs and 5 losses. StLouis wins 3 additional games against ChicagoCubs and loses 0. StLouis wins the series 8 games to 5 StLouis currently has 5 wins against Cincinnati and 3 losses. StLouis wins 2 additional games against Cincinnati and loses 3. StLouis wins the series 7 games to 6 ChicagoCubs wins 8 games agains teams outside the division and loses 16. Cincinnati wins 17 games agains teams outside the division and loses 11. Milwaukee wins 16 games agains teams outside the division and loses 8. Pittsburgh wins 30 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0. StLouis wins 9 games agains teams outside the division and loses 17. Combining the current standings with the wins and losses from the scenario results in the final standings listed above. # Pittsburgh Pirates' magic number # Pittsburgh's magic number # Pirates' magic number # MLB Playoff Race