The game: Ross Ohlendorf pitched six shutout innings and scored a run as the Pirates scratched out a 5-2 victory against Atlanta last night before 7,924 in Champion Stadium at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla. Craig Monroe put the Pirates ahead, 1-0, in the fourth inning when his double down the third-base line scored Ryan Doumit, who was on base via the first of his two singles. Braves pitcher Jeff Bennett walked in Ohlendorf and Nyjer Morgan in the seventh, a rally that started when Bennett threw Ohlendorf's sacrifice attempt into center field for an error. An Eric Kratz bouncer to third base turned into a two-run error in the eighth, scoring Andy LaRoche and Brian Bixler, who had a three-hit, two-steal night.

Today: Jeff Karstens, trying to become the fifth starter, is scheduled to start against Tampa Bay's Jeff Niemann at 7:05 p.m. in Charlotte Sports Park in Port Charlotte. Chris Bootcheck and Sean Burnett are the first relievers on call. The game will be broadcast on WPGB-FM 104.7 and the Pirates Radio Network.

Camp roster: 40, with 18 pitchers, 4 catchers, 10 infielders and 8 outfielders. For the first time since the start of March's departures to the World Baseball Classic, all are present and accounted for.

Competition: Monroe appears to have the inside track on an extra outfielder position -- extra, that is, provided Morgan holds onto the left fielder's job. Before his double last night that produced his 12th RBI this spring, Monroe had hits in four of his previous nine at-bats. Steve Pearce and Jeff Salazar combined for eight at-bats (and one hit) in four games before last night. Then there's Andrew McCutchen, a right-handed bat likely headed to Class AAA Indianapolis for seasoning. Andy Phillips, yet another right-hander though a utility player who can dabble at second base as well as first and outfield, appeared in the McKechnie Field clubhouse yesterday but remains days away from attempting a comeback after a Monday injection for his back pain. "It's a nice problem to have," manager John Russell said of this relative wealth of bench right-handers. "Last year, we were trying to search for things a lot, especially when the season got going and we needed help. ... This year, we like the options we have."

Inside pitch: In lowering his ERA to 0.59, Ohlendorf used his curveball for the first time this spring as well as last-week adjustments from pitching coach Joe Kerrigan. When Kerrigan watched Ohlendorf yielding four runs in a short minor-league outing last week, the coach noticed this right-hander rotating his upper-body too much. "I feel good about how I pitched," Ohlendorf said.

Meet me in St. Louis: 13 days until the opener.