Temple City mounted a comeback to tie the game in the fifth but it wasn’t enough as Monrovia got a key hit to drop in the seventh, scoring Robert Nakamura in the bottom of the seventh to afford the Wildcats a thrilling 4-3 win on a hot Wednesday afternoon in Rio Hondo League action at Monrovia High. Richard Kilbury pitched 4 2/3 innings and allowed just one run for Monrovia. Uriel Velasco came in relief to allow two runs and Aaron Murphree pitched a scoreless seventh to record the victory. Temple City’s hopes for a playoff spot is still very well alive, and they can thank South Pasadena for beating La Caada. They can breath a little easier, especially after the Rams were negated a run in the seventh that would have given them a 4-3 lead. With one out in the seventh, Dusty Sanderson singled to left. Kyle Wilkinson hit a single over the shortstop to put two on and just one out. At the plate was Branden Pultz but his grounder took Wilkinson out at second, which would have been just two outs. Instead, Wilkinson was called on interference as he slid to second, negating Sanderson’s score. The double play ended the threat. Initially, the umpire did not motion the out, but as Monrovia coach Brad Blackmore said, the umpires don’t motion out on a double play, only when the batter interferes the catcher. Nevertheless, Temple City made it interesting when Christian Cano threw out Nick Bueno at home to record the second out. Unfortunately, Conrad Council came to the plate and sent what looked to be a fly ball to center. The ball dropped and Nakamura scored in dramatic fashion to end the game. You have to feel bad for Wilkinson. First he gets the interference call and then he doesn’t make the play at center. It was nice to some of his teammates console him as Wilkinson slowly walked from center to join the rest of his teammates. Monrovia hosts San Marino in what could be a pitcher’s duel with Garrett Simpson going to the mound for the Wildcats and Andrew Sloan doing the same for the Titans.