The Seattle Mariners placed right-handed reliever Trent Thornton on the 15-day injured list with a torn left Achilles tendon, which will end his season.

Seattle Mariners reliever Trent Thornton will miss the remainder of the season with a torn left Achilles. The team placed him on the 15-day injured list Friday, a day after he was hurt while coming off the mound on a ground ball in the ninth inning of a 6-0 win over the Texas Rangers.

Trent Thornton's fears for the worse were realized after undergoing an MRI on Friday afternoon that revealed that he did indeed tear his left Achilles late in the Mariners’ 6-0 win the night prior. “I