Seattle Mariners First-Place Clinch Scenario

Seattle does not have a first-place clinch number

Here is a scenario in which Seattle wins all 74 of their remaining games (120 total) but does not but does not clinch first place.

Team             W	L	PCT	GB
Houston          121	41	0.747	0.00
Seattle          120	42	0.741	1.00
Los Angeles      69	93	0.426	52.00
Texas            58	104	0.358	63.00
Oakland          53	109	0.327	68.00

To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division:
Team             W	L	GL	PCT	GB
Houston          53	35	74	0.602	0.0
Seattle          46	42	74	0.523	7.0
Los Angeles      43	44	75	0.494	9.5
Texas            43	45	74	0.489	10.0
Oakland          37	53	72	0.411	17.0

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


Houston currently has 4 wins against Los Angeles and 2 losses.
  Houston wins 7 additional games against Los Angeles and loses 0.
  Houston wins the series 11 games to 2

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

Houston currently has 2 wins against Texas and 2 losses.
  Houston wins 9 additional games against Texas and loses 0.
  Houston wins the series 11 games to 2

Los Angeles currently has 7 wins against Oakland and 0 losses.
  Los Angeles wins 5 additional games against Oakland and loses 1.
  Los Angeles wins the series 12 games to 1

Los Angeles currently has 0 wins against Texas and 3 losses.
  Los Angeles wins 9 additional games against Texas and loses 1.
  Los Angeles wins the series 9 games to 4

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

Seattle currently has 3 wins against Los Angeles and 2 losses.
  Seattle wins 8 additional games against Los Angeles and loses 0.
  Seattle wins the series 11 games to 2

Seattle currently has 4 wins against Oakland and 3 losses.
  Seattle wins 6 additional games against Oakland and loses 0.
  Seattle wins the series 10 games to 3

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

Texas currently has 2 wins against Oakland and 5 losses.
  Texas wins 6 additional games against Oakland and loses 0.
  Texas wins the series 8 games to 5

Houston wins 45 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
Los Angeles wins 12 games agains teams outside the division and loses 32.
Oakland wins 15 games agains teams outside the division and loses 32.
Seattle wins 50 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
Texas wins 8 games agains teams outside the division and loses 37.

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