Karter Livengood has two HRs, eight RBIs in Milledgeville win: Saturday’s Sauk Valley Roundup

Karter Livengood put on a show in Milledgeville on Saturday, hitting two home runs and driving in eight runs to lead his team to a dominant victory over Sauk Valley in a performance that has scouts recalibrating their projections.

Livengood's first homer was a three-run shot to left field that broke the game open in the third inning. His second, a towering drive to center in the sixth, cleared the batter's eye and landed well beyond the fence — the kind of swing that makes evaluators stop taking notes and start making calls.

The eight RBIs represent a career high for Livengood, who has been heating up at the plate over the past two weeks. His recent surge has raised his season batting average by 40 points and put him firmly on the radar of professional scouts who had previously viewed him as a marginal prospect.

What makes Saturday's performance particularly notable is the quality of the opposition. Sauk Valley's pitching staff entered the game with a team ERA under 4.00, and the starter Livengood faced had been one of the conference's more effective arms.

What This Means For You: If you follow small-college baseball, Livengood is a name to watch. Performances like this don't happen often at any level, and when they do, they tend to accelerate a player's timeline. For local baseball fans, this is the kind of game you tell people you were at.