Fontenot’s Heroics Not Enough, FSU Defeats LSU 5-4

As soon as it was officially over, Paul Mainieri ran out to the pitcher’s mound.

There knelt Devin Fontenot, his head in his hands. Mainieri had to let him know it wasn’t his fault. Quite the opposite.

Devin Fontenot gave the performance of a lifetime, throwing 6.1 innings of relief where he allowed a single run on two hits and two walks while striking out 11. He walked into a game that LSU trailed 4-2 and was the pitcher when they tied it in the 8th. He was the pitcher when the game went into extra innings and finished with 96 pitches.

“That performance from Devin Fontenot...if we had won the ballgame we’d be talking about it 15 years from now,” Mainieri said. “He gave everything he had for…