CLEARWATER, Fla. — Pittsburgh Pirates left-hander Tom Gorzelanny was scratched from his scheduled start Thursday in the exhibition opener against the Philadelphia Phillies because of a sore shoulder.

Gorzelanny said the injury was not serious and called it a slight setback.

"I've felt something for a couple of days and there was no sense in taking a chance," Gorzelanny said. "I'm not going to try to be a hero in spring training."

The Pirates have tentatively scheduled Gorzelanny to start Sunday in an exhibition game against Tampa Bay at McKechnie Field in Bradenton.