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SEATTLE -- The Seattle Mariners finally landed the established shortstop theyve long been trying to find.To do it, they had to part with a talented young pitcher who still has the potential to blossom.Seattle and Arizona pulled off a five-player trade Wednesday night, with the Mariners acquiring speedy infielder Jean Segura and the Diamondbacks getting right-hander Taijuan Walker as the centerpieces of the deal.Segura immediately projects as Seattles leadoff hitter and starting shortstop, solidifying an infield that already includes All-Star sluggers Kyle Seager at third base and Robinson Cano at second. But getting Segura meant the Mariners had to give up on the inconsistent Walker, a power arm who has showed occasional flashes of brilliance.Its hard anytime you give up talent like Taijuan, Seattle general manager Jerry Dipoto said. Frankly, you have to give to get ... and Segura fit this club.Arizona also obtained shortstop Ketel Marte, while Seattle received outfielder Mitch Haniger and left-hander Zac Curtis.The addition of Walker could help a dreadful Arizona pitching staff that posted a 5.09 ERA last season, tied with Minnesota for worst in the majors. He joins a rotation that includes ace Zack Greinke, Shelby Miller, Patrick Corbin and Archie Bradley.The Diamondbacks finished 69-93 last season, fourth in the NL West.A touted prospect, the 24-year-old Walker went 8-11 with a 4.22 ERA and 119 strikeouts in 25 starts for Seattle last season. He would be outstanding one game and then struggle the next.Young, controllable pitching is hard to find, and adding Taijuan to the rotation gives us significant depth in that area, new Arizona general manager Mike Hazen said.Segura, an All-Star in 2013 with Milwaukee, is an immediate upgrade at shortstop for Seattle, which went 86-76 last season and finished three games out of a playoff spot. He hit .319 with 20 home runs, 33 stolen bases and 63 RBI for the Diamondbacks, who acquired him from the Brewers in a January trade.Segura spent most of last season at second base for the Diamondbacks, but will move back to shortstop with the Mariners.This trade made more sense for where our roster is, and Jean Segura fit this club about as well as any player we were looking at, Dipoto said.Going into the offseason, Seattle thought its starting pitching depth was enviable. Now the Mariners will need to find supplemental arms after dealing Walker.Most of our focus, if not our primary focus, from now until opening day is going to be left toward the pitching staff, Dipoto said.That might not be so easy for Seattle. Hazen said the thin market for pitchers was one of the reasons the Diamondbacks made the trade for Walker.We felt this was the opportunity we were going to have to take due to the market, Hazen explained.Whether it turns out to be a successful trade could ultimately depend on how Marte and Haniger develop.Marte had many of the same problems with inconsistency as Walker, but also became a liability in the field. Marte hit .259 in 119 games last season, but hitting was secondary to being solid in the field. At times Marte was excellent, but too many routine plays were not made. He finished with 21 errors.Still, the Diamondbacks were struck by his athleticism and the fact that 2016 was his first full season in the majors at one position.Our scouts loved his ability and athleticism in the middle of the field, Hazen said. We think he adds a lot to the middle of our infield.Haniger, who turns 26 next month, hasnt gotten much of a chance to prove himself at the major league level, but Dipoto believes he can play all three outfield positions. Haniger was the Diamondbacks minor league player of the year after hitting .321 with 25 homers and 94 RBI between Double-A Mobile and Triple-A Reno. He made his major league debut on Aug. 16 against the New York Mets and appeared in 34 games, hitting .229 with five homes and 17 RBI.We feel like Mitch, like so many of the guys we have acquired dating back to last year, there is not much left for him to do in the minor leagues, Dipoto said. 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She dropped a set for the first time in the tournament, too, pushed to the brink by Simona Halep in the quarterfinals.In a match filled with fantastic shotmaking and enthralling exchanges, neither player budged until Williams righted herself in the third set to emerge with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Halep on Wednesday night to get back to the semifinals at Flushing Meadows.The No. 5 Halep, the 2014 French Open runner-up, was the first seeded player Williams faced in the draw.Im glad I got tested, Williams said. Her level really picked up in the second, but I had some opportunities that I didnt take. So what I gather from that is I really could have played better in that second set and maybe had an opportunity to win in straights. If anything, thats the biggest silver lining I take.Halep staved off all 12 break points held by Williams in the second set and forced a third.I wasnt very happy about that, but I tried not to let that get me down, Williams said about all the chances she let slip away. I tried to stay positive and I knew that if I did, I could just stay in the match.Right at the start of the third set, Halep held two break points at 15-40, but Williams came through to lead 1-0. Otherwise, Halep said, The story of the match would have been different.Instead, Williams converted the only break chance she would get -- or need -- in the deciding set to go ahead 3-1, and was on her way.She finished with 18 aces, a 50-20 edge in total winners, and won the point on 26 of her 32 trips to the net.Not bad for someone who entered the U.S. Open with questions about a sore right shoulder that began bothering her after she won Wimbledon in July.I dont really like coming to the net, to be honest, but Im good at the net, I guess, Williams said. I guess Ive got to do what Im good at.She is bidding for her seventh title at Flushing Meadows and 23rd overall at a major tournament -- both would be records for the Open era, which dates too 1968.dddddddddddd.A year ago in the semifinals, Williams attempt to finish off a calendar-year Grand Slam ended with a stunning loss to unseeded Roberta Vinci of Italy.Her opponent Thursday will be 10th-seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, who beat the 34-year-old Americans older sister, Venus, in the fourth round, then eliminated 18-year-old Ana Konjuh of Croatia 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday to reach the first major semifinal of her career.As good as Williams serve is, its Pliskova who leads the tour in aces in 2016.Williams, seeded No. 1, had held serve in 37 consecutive games over the past two weeks until Halep broke to get within 3-2 in the opening set. Still, Williams breezed through the rest of that set.Then came a pivotal segment of the second. Instead of trailing 3-0, which was nearly the case, Halep wound up ahead 3-1.First, she hung in there to erase seven break points -- yes, 7! -- in one game to hold for 1-all. Then she got to 15-40 on Williams serve, creating two break points that Williams made vanish with three aces in a row, at 117, 109 and 122 mph.Escape complete? Not quite. Then came two more break points, the last created by a huge Halep backhand that Williams tried in vain to get back with a desperation lefty shot. Williams second double-fault of the game followed, and Halep would need to save five more break points before finally cashing in on her fifth set point to send the match to set No. 3.Thats where Williams once again asserted herself, as she so often does.It was tough. Is tough, Halep said. Im a little bit sad.In Thursdays other semifinal, No. 2 Angelique Kerber plays two-time U.S. Open runner-up Caroline Wozniacki. Kerber has a chance to end Williams record-tying string of 186 consecutive weeks at No. 1 in the WTA rankings.As Halep can attest, though, Williams does not relinquish anything easily.---Follow Howard Fendrich on Twitter at http://twitter.com/HowardFendrich ' ' '