不定式to clinch national projections. 这里是表示“出人预料”的结果吗？

But as votiing officials made their way through hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots, the count shifted dramatically in Biden's favor and

Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes put Biden over the 270 he needed in all to clinch national projections.

不定式to clinch national projections. 这里是表示“出人预料”的结果吗？ 假如改用目前分词clinching national projections.是表示顺理成章的结果吗？

to clinch national projections 是修饰needed的目的状语，不是结果状语。