sentences:  He was sent off to the San Diego Padres the following year, and hit .313 with 9 home runs in 102 games.He continued to play part-time before being released by the Boston Red Sox in 1996.He joined the Kintetsu Buffaloes in the Japanese Pacific League in 1997, and hit 23 home runs with a .331 batting average (second in the league after Ichiro Suzuki) in his first year to win the Best Nine Award at first base.