Cincinnati Reds’ short stop Elly de la Cruz and Meattle Mariners Reliever Trent Thornton fell ill on Saturday while playing in the extreme heat covering a large part of the United States.

De la Cruz brought on the field on the field in the fourth innings of Cincinnati’s extra inning loss at the St. Louis Cardinals. He was checked by a coach, and two ground staff workers cleaned the area.

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“I actually watched him. He drank a lot of water. I mean a bunch, “Reds manager Terry Francona said,” And then he immediately went out and got rid of it. “

The 23-year-old De La Cruz, of the Dominican Republic, stayed in the match and hit a two-run homer in seventh place.

Thornton took 2 1/3 standings for Seattle before leaving eighth in a loss of 10-7 at the Chicago Cubs. The 31-year-old right hand had to be helped off the field.

Mariners’ driver Dan Wilson said Thornton had a little heat -related illness. “

“It was a narrow moment,” Wilson said. “He struggled hard. But just very glad he now feels a little better and should be good. ‘

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The temperature for red at cardinals was 92 degrees, and it was 94 for the first pitch of the seafarers’ loss to the Cubs. Milwaukee’s match in Minnesota was played under an excessive heat warning.

Seattle and Chicago completed their match with three referees after Chad Whitson became ill. Dexter Kelley moved from the second base to the home plate.

Whitson was treated in the Mariners’ dugout.

“He came in, the same kind of thing. Just didn’t feel good, ‘Wilson said. “A few times in the Dugout threw up and then they came to him from there. The heat was a real thing today. ‘

Whitson had to do with some dehydration, but a spokeswoman for the Major League Baseball said he was doing better on Saturday night and that he would work the third base for the finals of the series.

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Cubs spokesman said a Wrigley Field staff member had a heat-related medical problem, according to a Cubs spokesman. He is prone by medical staff and walked off the field on his own.

The Cubs set up cool and miss stations throughout Wrigley to help fans with the heat on Saturday, along with additional emergency personnel. The team had similar plans on Sunday, along with introducing a city bus to use as a cooling station on the street.