Turner went 3-for-3 with two runs and an RBI for Valdosta. The Prain brothers each drove in two runs.

Valdosta 6, Luella 4

Just like it had in the first game, Valdosta jumped out to an early lead, then held on after a Luella rally.

Rowe (11-1) gave the Wildcats another strong outing. He retired the first 11 batters he faced, and allowed just six hits, striking out five.

Valdosta gave him an early lead to work with, scoring twice in the first and two more times in the third.

Taylor Prain singled to lead off the game, took second on a groundout and went to third on Cain’s single up the middle. Two batters later, Daniels beat out an infield single, scoring Prain. Chad Prain followed with an RBI single, bringing home Cain to make it 2-0.

With one out in the top of the third, Daniels walked, advanced on an errant pickoff throw, took third on a Chad Prain single and scored on a passed ball. Later, Turner singled between third and short, bringing home Prain to make it 4-0.

Rowe was perfect for the first 3.2 innings, but then ran into trouble. Wilson ended his perfect game with a single and Marsh followed with another single, putting two men on. Then Andrew Tumlin hit a fly ball the opposite way that carried over the left field fence for a three-run homer, turning a 4-0 Valdosta lead into a 4-3 game.

But Valdosta gave itself two insurance runs in the sixth. After Cain walked, Smith greeted reliever Josh Pape with double to deep left field. Cain raced around third and beat the throw home. Daniels followed with a single to right, and courtesy runner Wesley Welch scored to make it 6-3.

“Galen was great behind the plate, and had that big double in the sixth,” Shuman said. “Instead of a one-run lead, we had a three-run lead.”

Shaun Ulrich had an RBI double in the bottom of the seventh for Luella, but Rowe retired the final three batters to close out the game.

For Valdosta, Taylor Prain went 3-for-5 with a run, Daniels was 2-for-3 with two RBIs, Cain was 2-for-4 with two runs and Chad Prain went 2-for-3 with a run. Wilson went 2-for-3, the only Luella player with more than one hit.