2025 Baseball Roster
Bedford, Matt
Jersey Number 29
Matt Bedford
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Staten Island, N.Y.
Bio
2024 (at Notre Dame)
Made 15 starts and led the team with 62.0 innings pitched while going 3-6 on the season… Was second on the team in total strikeouts (40) while limiting opponents to a .240 batting average… Retired 9 of the 16 batters faced with one strike out in team win over Rice (Feb. 18)... Allowed just one hit and struck out three in 3.0 scoreless innings at Tennessee Tech (March 1)... Went 3.0 scoreless innings, scattered a pair of hits and earned the win against Purdue (March 5)... Struck out a season-high seven batters in 4.1 innings of work in the team’s victory over Miami (March 22)... Punched out five batters, scattered two hits and did not surrender a run over 4.2 innings versus Clemson (April 5)... Went a season-long 5.2 innings on the mound with no earned runs and three strikeouts against Wake Forest (April 26)... Earned the win after going 5.0 innings and striking out two against Toledo (May 11)... Added a second 5.2 inning effort with four strikeouts at Louisville (May 16)... Had multiple strikeouts in nine outings of the year
2023 (at Notre Dame)
Appeared in 14 games, including two as starting pitcher… Pitched 21.0 innings with a 6.86 ERA, 18 strikeouts, 24 hits, 16 earned runs and 11 walks… Made his season debut with just one hit, two strikeouts and one walk over two innings at Lipscomb (Feb. 11)... Set a career-high four strikeouts in a win over UNC Greensboro, also allowing just one hit and no runs (Feb. 26)... Struckout a batter and allowed no hits or runs in 2.1 innings pitched at Clemson (April 15)... Recorded four multi-strikeout games… Did not give up a run through his three games in the month of May
2022 (at Notre Dame)
Made 10 appearances out of the bullpen on the season… Finished the year with a 6.10 ERA, 1-0 record through 10.1 innings with 13 strikeouts… Tossed a season-long 2.2 innings in the win over #14 Virginia. (May 22)... Struck out a season-best 3 against Pittsburgh. (May 22)... Made his first career appearance against Michigan State. (May 22)
2021 (at Notre Dame)
Missed the season due to injury
Background: Played summer ball with the Staten Island Orioles… 2020 Northeast All-Region Second Team Perfect Game Preseason All-American… 2019 Honorable Mention Perfect Game Preseason Underclassmen All American
Personal: Born December 28, 2002… Son of Alfred and Lissa Bedford
Made 15 starts and led the team with 62.0 innings pitched while going 3-6 on the season… Was second on the team in total strikeouts (40) while limiting opponents to a .240 batting average… Retired 9 of the 16 batters faced with one strike out in team win over Rice (Feb. 18)... Allowed just one hit and struck out three in 3.0 scoreless innings at Tennessee Tech (March 1)... Went 3.0 scoreless innings, scattered a pair of hits and earned the win against Purdue (March 5)... Struck out a season-high seven batters in 4.1 innings of work in the team’s victory over Miami (March 22)... Punched out five batters, scattered two hits and did not surrender a run over 4.2 innings versus Clemson (April 5)... Went a season-long 5.2 innings on the mound with no earned runs and three strikeouts against Wake Forest (April 26)... Earned the win after going 5.0 innings and striking out two against Toledo (May 11)... Added a second 5.2 inning effort with four strikeouts at Louisville (May 16)... Had multiple strikeouts in nine outings of the year
2023 (at Notre Dame)
Appeared in 14 games, including two as starting pitcher… Pitched 21.0 innings with a 6.86 ERA, 18 strikeouts, 24 hits, 16 earned runs and 11 walks… Made his season debut with just one hit, two strikeouts and one walk over two innings at Lipscomb (Feb. 11)... Set a career-high four strikeouts in a win over UNC Greensboro, also allowing just one hit and no runs (Feb. 26)... Struckout a batter and allowed no hits or runs in 2.1 innings pitched at Clemson (April 15)... Recorded four multi-strikeout games… Did not give up a run through his three games in the month of May
2022 (at Notre Dame)
Made 10 appearances out of the bullpen on the season… Finished the year with a 6.10 ERA, 1-0 record through 10.1 innings with 13 strikeouts… Tossed a season-long 2.2 innings in the win over #14 Virginia. (May 22)... Struck out a season-best 3 against Pittsburgh. (May 22)... Made his first career appearance against Michigan State. (May 22)
2021 (at Notre Dame)
Missed the season due to injury
Background: Played summer ball with the Staten Island Orioles… 2020 Northeast All-Region Second Team Perfect Game Preseason All-American… 2019 Honorable Mention Perfect Game Preseason Underclassmen All American
Personal: Born December 28, 2002… Son of Alfred and Lissa Bedford
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