WASHINGTON — Butler graduate Cody Herald produced two doubles and four RBI Saturday night as the Washington Wild Things defeated Evansville, 7-2, at CONSOL Energy Park.

The win was the 700th in the franchise's history.

Herald added two runs scored and a stolen base that night. He recently returned from the disabled list.

The Wild Things conclude their season this weekend, hosting the Windy City Thunderbolts.

HIRAM, Ohio — Slippery Rock High School graduate Tyler Little, a senior goalkeeper at Westminster College, made seven saves in the Titans' men's soccer 1-1 double-overtime tie at Hiram Tuesday night.Little played the entire 110 minutes for Westminster in the team's season opener.

PITTSBURGH — Duquesne has named longtime University of Dayton administrator David Harper as the school's new athletic director.Harper replaces Greg Amodio, who left the Dukes in July for the same job at Quinnipiac.Harper spent the last three years at Dayton as the associate vice president of university advancement, where his duties included overseeing the Flyers men's basketball program. He worked in a variety of roles during two different stints at Dayton from 1998-2003 and 2012-15, with a stop at the University of Michigan in between.

NEW YORK — Nick Kyrgios does what he wants and says what he wants on a tennis court, seemingly no matter the ramifications, and amid all the near-napping, cursing and racket smashing, he troubled Andy Murray for moments at the U.S. Open.Only for brief moments, though.In the tournament's most-anticipated first-round matchup, the No. 3-seeded Murray hit 18 aces, saved 11 of 14 break points and, perhaps most importantly, stayed steady in the face of Kyrgios' various distractions, putting together a 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 victory.This was Kyrgios' first match since he was essentially put on probation by the ATP, with the threat of a 28-day suspension and $25,000 fine if he misbehaves at one of the tour's sanctioned events over the next six months.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — All-Star reliever Kelvin Herrera and Royals right fielder Alex Rios have been diagnosed with chickenpox, raising concerns that others on the AL Central leaders may have been exposed.Team officials said that Herrera and Rios likely will miss a couple weeks after both were sent home from Tampa Bay over the weekend. The bigger concern is whether other players could come down with the highly contagious disease, and whether it might affect the postseason.The Royals have reached out to players, coaches and family members to determine whether they have had chickenpox or been vaccinated. Most of them said Tuesday they were in the clear.