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Tom Harrison has insisted the ECBs treatment of Durham has been harsh but appropriate.Harrison, the ECBs chief executive, defended the decision to relegate Durham in the County Championship, impose a raft of points deductions in each of the 2017 domestic competitions and withdraw their status as a Test-hosting ground in return for a financial rescue package as a necessary deterrent to other counties.And while he did not fully confront the ECBs role in Durhams failure - notably the its encouragement of the club building a Test venue - he did suggest Durham had to take responsibility for bidding more than they could afford in the pursuit of major matches.Having been through the most serious financial crisis any county been through - to the extent that the ECB was the last resort - we have to send a message to the other counties that this is not something that is going to be an attractive solution for any county finding themselves in that position, Harrison told the BBCs Test Match Special. Its not the ECBs job to be the lender of last resort.In any business, you have to understand what your revenue is and what your costs are. If one gets out of whack it is not a pretty situation and it will end up hitting the wall at some point. The ECB had to step in to stop that happening in May or June this year. It was going to happen unless we had taken steps to avoid it.While it is very harsh in terms of the immediate penalties on the players for next year, I think it is appropriate and sends the message to other counties that this should be a significant deterrent. The playing sanctions are harsh but they are appropriate.Harrison accepted that the ECBs historic method for allocating games, which involved a bidding system, might have contributed to Durhams debts, but suggested the club had to take most of the responsibility. And he insisted that the measures taken had provided Durham with the foundations for financially stability in the future.The way matches were allocated was a bidding structure, he said. But no one was forced to bid a certain amount. Theres wasnt a sword of Damocles over their head about having to stage Tests.Our absolute priority was to safeguard the future of professional and recreational cricket in the northeast of England. Durham could now be in a position where, 12 months after the most serious financial crisis thats met any county, they are off and running with no debt and a new management structure and can look forward to the future in a very different way than when they were burdened by debt.Harrison also referred to the new-team domestic T20 competition - now set for a 2020 launch - as the most significant development in county cricket in a generation. 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Carlos Pena hit a two-run double for Houston to tie it at 2 in the fourth. The Astros loaded the bases with two outs in the 11th, but Jimmy Paredes flew out to end the inning. Wilin Rosario singled to start the 10th, went to second on a sacrifice bunt and third on a fly out. Houston intentionally walked pinch-hitter Michael Cuddyer and Travis Blackley struck out pinch-hitter D.J. LeMahieu to end the threat. The Rockies had several opportunities to put the game away, but came up empty again and again, stranding 15 batters. "Its difficult to win that way, when you leave over 10 runners on base and not being able to get the big hit," Gonzalez said. "Its frustrating." Houston starter Bud Norris yielded eight hits and two runs in seven innings. Jhoulys Chacin pitched seven-plus innings for the Rockies, allowing five hits and two runs with a season-high nine strikeouts. 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Norris ran into trouble again in the fifth when he walked Fowler to start the inning. Tulowitzki singled to send Fowler to third before a wild pitch allowed Tulowitzki to advance to second. The Rockies came away empty-handed when Norris struck out Rosario before a groundout by Pacheco ended the inning. Norris allowed the leadoff hitter to get on base for the fifth time in seven innings when he allowed a single to Young to start the seventh. Fowler followed with a walk, but just as he had several time before, he worked out of the jam, this time by sitting down the next three Rockies. "He was absolutely fantastic today," Porter said of Norris. "Early in the game when he got into the bases-loaded jam, I just felt like he really did a great job of understanding who was in the batters box and how he was going to attack them. He kept his composure and just made quality pitch after quality pitch." NOTES: Martinez tied a single-game franchise record by striking out five times. ... 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