Washington Nationals First-Place Clinch Scenario

Washington does not have a first-place clinch number

Here is a scenario in which Washington wins all 59 of their remaining games (106 total) but does not but does not clinch first place.

Team             W	L	PCT	GB
Philadelphia     117	45	0.722	0.00
Washington       106	56	0.654	11.00
New York         92	70	0.568	25.00
Miami            73	89	0.451	44.00
Atlanta          54	108	0.333	63.00

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:


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

New York currently has 4 wins against Atlanta and 3 losses.
  New York wins 6 additional games against Atlanta and loses 0.
  New York wins the series 10 games to 3

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

New York currently has 8 wins against Washington and 2 losses.
  New York wins 0 additional games against Washington and loses 3.
  New York wins the series 8 games to 5

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

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

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

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 6 additional games against Miami and loses 0.
  Washington wins the series 13 games to 0

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

Atlanta wins 0 games agains teams outside the division and loses 36.
Miami wins 29 games agains teams outside the division and loses 8.
New York wins 29 games agains teams outside the division and loses 12.
Philadelphia wins 33 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
Washington wins 38 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.

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