diff --git a/src/services/settleSource.js b/src/services/settleSource.js
index be6f333..bafb88d 100644
--- a/src/services/settleSource.js
+++ b/src/services/settleSource.js
@@ -131,12 +131,21 @@ async function resolveOutcome(args = {}) {
   }
   if (meaning === 'void') {
     const allVoid = games.length > 0 && games.map(classifyGameState).every((s) => s === 'void');
-    return {
-      state: 'void',
-      value: null,
-      reason: allVoid ? 'game_postponed_or_cancelled' : 'player_dnp',
-      source: 'schedule',
-    };
+    // POSITIVE evidence only: the games themselves were postponed/cancelled.
+    if (allVoid) {
+      return { state: 'void', value: null, reason: 'game_postponed_or_cancelled', source: 'schedule' };
+    }
+    // ── DO NOT VOID ON PLAYER-ABSENCE ALONE. ──────────────────────────────
+    // This branch used to return void/'player_dnp' and it was WRONG: absence
+    // from a date can equally mean the ROW'S DATE IS WRONG. Verified live —
+    // Freddie Freeman's 97-game log has no 2026-07-18 because he played the
+    // 17th and 19th (a doubleheader), and ledgerService derives game_date from
+    // the GRADE timestamp when the feed carries no game_time, so a 01:00/03:00
+    // UTC snapshot labels rows with the PREVIOUS ET day.
+    // We cannot distinguish "did not play" from "mislabelled date" here, so we
+    // must not claim DNP. Unresolvable rows age out to 'unrecoverable' via the
+    // retry cap — honest, and excluded from the record either way.
+    return { state: 'unknown', value: null, reason: 'player_absent_unconfirmed', source: 'schedule' };
   }
   return { state: 'unknown', value: null, reason: 'state_undetermined', source: 'schedule' };
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/ledgerService.test.js b/tests/unit/ledgerService.test.js
index a7a553d..69e7de1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/ledgerService.test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/ledgerService.test.js
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ describe('settleLedger — outcome + CLV vs the real result', () => {
 
   // Session 64 — BEHAVIOUR CHANGED ON PURPOSE. A missing game-log row used to
   // mean "pending forever". It now depends on what the day's games actually did.
-  test('no row + game FINAL → VOID (confirmed DNP), no longer immortal', async () => {
+  test('no row + game FINAL → NOT voided (date may be wrong); attempts bump', async () => {
     const sb = fakeSb();
     sb._state.selectResults = [
       [{ id: 'r1' }],
@@ -190,9 +190,10 @@ describe('settleLedger — outcome + CLV vs the real result', () => {
       sb, getPlayerStats, now: () => NOW, beforeDate: '2026-07-10',
       getSchedule: async () => [{ status: 'Final' }],
     });
-    expect(res.voided).toBe(1);
+    expect(res.voided).toBe(0);
     expect(res.settled).toBe(0);
-    expect(sb._calls.updates[0].values).toMatchObject({ outcome: 'void', settlement_source: 'player_dnp' });
+    expect(res.pending).toBe(1);
+    expect(sb._calls.updates[0].values.outcome).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
   test('no row + game NOT FINAL → stays pending, never voided', async () => {
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ describe('settleLedger — outcome + CLV vs the real result', () => {
     const getPlayerStats = async () => ({ found: true, last10: [] });
     const res = await ledger.settleLedger('mlb', {
       sb, getPlayerStats, now: () => NOW, beforeDate: '2026-07-10',
-      getSchedule: async () => [],   // nothing knowable
+      getSchedule: async () => [{ status: 'Final' }],   // player absent, unconfirmed
     });
     expect(res.unrecoverable).toBe(1);
     expect(sb._calls.updates[0].values).toMatchObject({ outcome: 'unrecoverable' });
diff --git a/tests/unit/settleSource.test.js b/tests/unit/settleSource.test.js
index f07e660..1ee87bc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/settleSource.test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/settleSource.test.js
@@ -71,14 +71,20 @@ describe('resolveOutcome', () => {
     expect(r.value).toBe(0);
   });
 
-  test('DNP on a final game → VOID', async () => {
+  // Session 64 — this MUST NOT void. Player-absence from a labelled date can
+  // equally mean the row's date is wrong (ledger derives game_date from the
+  // GRADE time when the feed has no game_time, so late-UTC snapshots label the
+  // previous ET day). Verified live: Freddie Freeman's 97-game log has no
+  // 2026-07-18 because he played the 17th and 19th. Voiding on absence
+  // destroyed real results.
+  test('player absent on a final game → UNKNOWN, never void (date may be wrong)', async () => {
     const r = await src.resolveOutcome({
       ...base,
       getFullLog: async () => [{ date: '2026-07-16', stat: { doubles: 0 } }],
       getSchedule: async () => [{ status: 'Final' }],
     });
-    expect(r.state).toBe('void');
-    expect(r.reason).toBe('player_dnp');
+    expect(r.state).toBe('unknown');
+    expect(r.reason).toBe('player_absent_unconfirmed');
   });
 
   test('postponed game → VOID with the postponed reason', async () => {