He's looked better then any of our starters lately. Not Rich Hill. But yeah Trachsel isn't getting hit hard, he's been pretty unlucky. Pierre, Penny, and Furcal smoked the ball Just cause Furcal didn't bloop the ball in there didn't mean they smoked the ball. I know but they were all hard hit balls 2 of them were ground balls, Penny's as gameday put it was a soft line drive. They weren't infield singles, but they weren't what I'd call smoked either. I'd say Trax has been remarkably lucky. A single turned into a force out, there was a stupid baserunning play to create a double play, and a runner was thrown out at the plate to save a run and prevent Jeff Kent from hitting with a runner on.