Maddon thrilled with possibility of 100-win season

CHICAGO — The Cubs secured home-field advantage through the National League Championship Series after the Pirates’ walk-off win over the Nationals on Friday night. Manager Joe Maddon watched the end of that game.

“It’s one of our goals,” Maddon said Saturday. “The other one is to get 100 wins.”

The Cubs do boast a 56-23 record at Wrigley Field, the best home mark in the Major Leagues. Maddon hopes they can capitalize on it.

“We play so well in this ballpark, you can’t deny that,” Maddon said. “Moving down the road, to be able to take advantage of it, we have to play our game. It’s nice to hit another check mark in the box there.”

Chicago began play on Saturday against St. Louis with 98 wins.

“Ninety is special,” Maddon said. “When you think 90 wins, that should get you to the dance. When you get a chance to do 100, that is really special. I don’t know how many times it’s happened here. It indicates your tenacity per day to do something like that.

Five Cubs teams have won 100-plus games. The last team to win 100 games was the 1935 squad, which went 100-54. The most wins in Cubs history is …

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