Seattle Mariners’ Thornton ‘should be OK’ after heat illness

Seattle Mariners

Seattle Mariners reliever Trent Thornton got sick during Saturday’s game against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field while playing in the extreme heat that covered much of the United States. Thornton pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings for Seattle before departing in the eighth of a 10-7 loss. Mariners manager Dan Wilson said Thornton had “a little bit of a heat-related illness.”

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