The Los Angeles Dodgers were the first team to secure a berth in the 2022 MLB postseason on Sunday, or so they thought. On Monday, MLB announced an internal error regarding postseason clincher scenarios and clarified that the Dodgers had yet to claim a postseason spot.

Here are the details of the MLB error (via ESPN):

However, MLB said Monday it did not consider a possible scenario in which the Padres (77-64) overtake the Dodgers for the NL West title and Los Angeles ends up with the Milwaukee Brewers 96-66 in a three-way tie and St. Louis Cardinals. Milwaukee would win the NL Central in this scenario, while St. Louis would win the wildcard tiebreaker with Los Angeles based on this season’s head-to-head results.

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When MLB released its clinch scenarios ahead of Sunday’s games, it used the Dodgers’ 4-3 record against the Brewers as a head-to-head tiebreaker and didn’t consider the possibility of a three-team tie.

“It’s a great achievement” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told the Associated Press after Sunday’s win, believing the club have clinched a postseason spot. “For me it’s just a matter of making sure the boys appreciate it’s not a rite of passage to come into the postseason every year and there’s still work to be done. I think our best baseball is yet to be played, so just stay focused.”

The good news for Roberts and the Dodgers is that their 6-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night — hours after MLB issued its fix — actually secured their 10th straight trip to the playoffs. LA is yet to win the National League West title, but their 20-1/2 game lead over the second-placed Padres means it’s only a matter of days before that happens.

At 97-43, the Dodgers have baseball’s best 6 1/2 game record and are currently on their way to a franchise record 112 wins this season.