His line: three innings, three hits, one earned run, one walk, four K's and a 3.00 ERA.

The bad news: Norris was the only Astros pitcher who had a good night last night against the Cubs.

Starter Mike Hampton was shelled for nine runs in four innings and Doug Brocail yielded two runs in an inning.

I guess the best way to look at it is this: at least the Astros made Cubs fans happy.

Houston has no extra-base hits, and from the looks of things, they never really came close to scoring.

Final score: Cubs 12, Astros 0.

Houston's record now stands at 51-50.