HOUSTON – Anthony Gose was assigned to Class A Lakeland on Monday.
He was listed as a left-handed pitcher, not a centerfielder, and made his professional baseball debut as a pitcher later in the night.
Gose threw an inning for the Flying Tigers against Class A Palm Beach, allowing one run on one hit with one strikeout and one walk.
After pitching for the first two months of the season in extended spring training, Gose finally got his first taste of game action. According to a tweet from Lakeland assistant general manager Dan Lauer, Gose hit 99 m.