McIlroy was out in a three-ball with team-mates Llewellyn Matthews and Jamie Moul in Tuesday morning's practice at RCD.
Pitching on five days' rest, Pettitte walked four for the first time since July 2010, went to seven three-ball counts and threw just 57 of 100 pitches for strikes.
"I think winning it twice is a fair achievement to start with, " said Hansen, who forms a three-ball with Englishmen Lee Westwood and Luke Donald in the opening two rounds.
His tools, notably a three-pound ball-peen hammer, clanked in a greasy leather bag suspended from the handlebars.
Following a pair of poor starts, Gee (1-3) used an effective changeup to toss three-hit ball over 5 2-3 innings.
Minor (6-2) then pitched 7 1-3 innings of three-hit ball, and gave himself all the support he needed.
Minor (6-2) then pitched 7 1-3 innings of three-hit ball, sending the Mets to their fifth loss in a row overall and eighth straight at Citi Field.
"I have had him since he was a three-week-old ball of grey fluff, and before he learnt to fly he used to sit on my desk at work, " she said.
To make a basketball analogy, it's a bit like when your tin-armed, non-jump-shooting center gets the ball near the three-point line: You know he won't shoot or thread the ball into the post, so you have a moment's respite while he looks for a guard to bail him out.
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Inside there are just three stainless-steel ball bearings, housed in anodized aluminum bar stock.
The left-hander, who began his Test career with 49 against Australia in Johannesburg four years ago, went one better when he clipped MacGill away through the leg-side for three to bring up a 106-ball half century.
Somerset scored 185-6 after losing the toss, with Trego hitting seven fours and three sixes in his 50-ball innings.
But in a three-way race the ball takes funny bounces, and that is how Minnesota got a 6 ft. 4 in.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting will be concerned that his bowlers could take only three wickets with the ball in 50 overs - the other three dismissals were run-outs - against arguably the weakest side in the tournament.
Then in the second half, Salford created a three-man overlap and the ball went to Blakely.
The Irishman looked certain to score as he met the ball on the half-volley just three yards out but somehow skewed the ball across the face of goal.
The Scarlets started at a startling pace, as from first-minute possession on the halfway line the ball was spread across the three-quarters to Stoddart, who burst a tackle before showing the pace to make it to the line.
In the 32nd over, Ravi Bopara - having ground out three runs from 21 balls - received a rare loose ball from Styris, but flogged it straight to Peter Fulton at deep square leg.
So far, he has taken Rivera's words to heart, throwing nine innings of one-run ball over three spring starts.
But the visitors made relatively light work of their reply, largely thanks to Trott, whose 50-ball knock contained three fours and a six.
The home side were briefly reduced to 14 men themselves when, with Northampton camped on Sale's line, scrum-half Peel incurred the wrath of referee Tim Wigglesworth and became the first of the night's three sin-binnings for kicking the ball out of Martin Roberts' hands as he attempted to take a quick penalty tap.
Essex leg-spinner Danish Kaneria was punished for 46 in three overs, 30 of those during one seven-ball over.
Fulham's 4-4-1-1 formation denied Basle the chance to settle on the ball in attacking areas while their three-pronged central midfield of Murphy, Greening and Dickson Etuhu dominated possession and dictated the game's tempo.
The visitors were soon on the back foot from an attacking Dragons line-out, the home side driving forward before spreading the ball quickly and accurately across the three-quarter line for Brew to speed in at the corner.
Wasps piled on the pressure and were denied what they thought should have been a penalty try when Clermont knocked on as the home side tried to feed the ball wide to a three-man overlap.
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Kuroda settled in after a rocky start to pitch four-hit ball through seven innings, Travis Hafner had three RBI singles and the New York Yankees used small ball to beat the Houston Astros 7-4 on Tuesday night.
Ipswich's keeper handled the ball outside his penalty area following a hopeful punt forward and three minutes later replacement keeper Arran Lee-Barrett was picking the ball out of his net.
He hit three fours and one six in his 62-ball innings.
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Richards and Catt combined to deliver quick ball for the visitors' three-quarters, and with the Dragons defence stretched De Vedia went over in the corner for the opening try.
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