San Francisco Giants First-Place Elimination Scenario San Francisco must win 24 more games (46 total) to avoid elimination from first place. Here are the final standings in a scenario in which San Francisco finishes in first place with 46 wins: Team W L PCT GB San Francisco 46 116 0.284 0.00 Los Angeles 46 116 0.284 0.00 Colorado 44 118 0.272 2.00 Arizona 44 118 0.272 2.00 San Diego 44 118 0.272 2.00 Tie breakers San Francisco wins the series with Los Angeles 8 games to 5 To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division: Team W L GL PCT GB Los Angeles 37 21 104 0.638 0.0 San Diego 32 25 105 0.561 4.5 Arizona 31 26 105 0.544 5.5 San Francisco 22 36 104 0.379 15.0 Colorado 22 37 103 0.373 15.5 Next, we show how the remaining series of games plays out in the scenario: Arizona currently has 5 win(s) against Colorado and 2 loss(es). Arizona wins 1 additional game(s) against Colorado and loses 5. Arizona loses the series 6 games to 7. Arizona wins 0 additional game(s) against teams outside the division and loses 71. Arizona currently has 0 win(s) against Los Angeles and 3 loss(es). Arizona wins 3 additional game(s) against Los Angeles and loses 7. Arizona loses the series 3 games to 10. Arizona wins 0 additional game(s) against teams outside the division and loses 71. Arizona currently has 1 win(s) against San Diego and 1 loss(es). Arizona wins 9 additional game(s) against San Diego and loses 2. Arizona wins the series 10 games to 3. Arizona wins 0 additional game(s) against teams outside the division and loses 71. Arizona currently has 6 win(s) against San Francisco and 0 loss(es). Arizona wins 0 additional game(s) against San Francisco and loses 7. Arizona loses the series 6 games to 7. Arizona wins 0 additional game(s) against teams outside the division and loses 71. Colorado currently has 2 win(s) against Los Angeles and 5 loss(es). Colorado wins 6 additional game(s) against Los Angeles and loses 0. Colorado wins the series 8 games to 5. Colorado wins 0 additional game(s) against teams outside the division and loses 74. Colorado currently has 1 win(s) against San Diego and 6 loss(es). Colorado wins 6 additional game(s) against San Diego and loses 0. Colorado wins the series 7 games to 6. Colorado wins 0 additional game(s) against teams outside the division and loses 74. Colorado currently has 2 win(s) against San Francisco and 0 loss(es). Colorado wins 5 additional game(s) against San Francisco and loses 6. Colorado wins the series 7 games to 6. Colorado wins 0 additional game(s) against teams outside the division and loses 74. Los Angeles currently has 2 win(s) against San Diego and 1 loss(es). Los Angeles wins 0 additional game(s) against San Diego and loses 10. Los Angeles loses the series 2 games to 11. Los Angeles wins 0 additional game(s) against teams outside the division and loses 72. Los Angeles currently has 3 win(s) against San Francisco and 4 loss(es). Los Angeles wins 2 additional game(s) against San Francisco and loses 4. Los Angeles loses the series 5 games to 8. Los Angeles wins 0 additional game(s) against teams outside the division and loses 72. San Diego currently has 3 win(s) against San Francisco and 3 loss(es). San Diego wins 0 additional game(s) against San Francisco and loses 7. San Diego loses the series 3 games to 10. San Diego wins 0 additional game(s) against teams outside the division and loses 71. # San Francisco Giants' magic number # San Francisco's magic number # Giants' magic number # MLB Playoff Race