BASEBALL

Red Sox Class A affiliate in Lowell will be sold

The owner of the Lowell Spinners minor league baseball team says he plans to sell after 19 years.

Drew Weber told the Lowell Sun it’s a “tough decision.” But Weber, now 70, said Saturday it’s harder to run the Class A team as he divides his time between homes in Lowell and New York.

He says he wants to spend more time with his three grandchildren.

A sale wouldn’t immediately affect the Spinners’ affiliation with the Boston Red Sox, which runs through the 2016 season. The team’s lease with the city for LeLacheur Park has three years remaining.

AUTO RACING

FORMULA ONE: The only thing that came close to stopping Lewis Hamilton at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, Italy was an inquiry over tire pressure.

In the end – 3 1/2 hours after the Mercedes driver took the checkered flag and was interviewed on the podium by Star Wars creator George Lucas – that obstacle fell away, too.

Hamilton’s left rear tire pressure was found to be 0.3 psi below the minimum of 19.5 when measured moments before the race.

But stewards decided to take no action because they determined that Mercedes had pumped the correct amount of air into the tires before the pressure dropped on its own.

GOLF

EUROPEAN TOUR: Lee Slattery bounced back from an erratic start to shoot a 2-under 69 that was enough for a one-shot victory at the Russian Open in Moscow.

CYCLING

SPANISH VUELTA: Joaquin Rodriguez powered up the final ascent of the mountainous 15th stage into in Sotres, Spain, to reduce Fabio Aru’s overall lead to one second.

BASKETBALL

WNBA: Angel McCoughtry scored 18 points, Tiffany Hayes added 17, and Sancho Lyttle finished with 16 points, 10 rebounds and six assists to help the Atlanta Dream keep their slim playoff hopes alive and beat the Washington Mystics 73-67 in Atlanta.

Atlanta (13-18) trails the Mystics (16-15) by three games with three games remaining. The Dream hold the tiebreaker, leading the season series 3-0. The teams will play in Atlanta on Sept. 13 to conclude the regular season.

• Candace Parker scored a season-high 33 points and Nneka Ogwumike added 26 to help Los Angeles clinch the final playoff spot in the Western Conference by beating the Tulsa Shock in Los Angeles.

• Allie Quigley scored 17 points, Elena Delle Donne reached 1,500 career points, and the Chicago Sky beat the Seattle Storm 93-65 in Rosemont, Illinois.

Track and field

ISTAF MEET: Dawn Harper-Nelson led an American 1-2 finish in the 100-meter hurdles, and compatriot Candyce McGrone claimed victory in the 100 in Berlin.

BOXING

BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE: Jamie McDonnell successfully defended his WBA bantamweight title in Corpus Christi, Texas, knocking down Tomoki Kameda in the 12th round en route to a unanimous decision.

– From staff and news services