Aroldis Chapman and Wilmer Flores exchanged words for a few seconds at the end of Friday's Red Sox-Giants game, causing the benches to clear.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Friday night confrontation between Aroldis Chapman and the Giants’ Wilmer Flores — who had to be separated as the dugouts began to clear — following the final out of the Sox’ win apparently stemmed from Flores’s behavior in the batter’s box.

Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman cleared the confusion surrounding his interaction with San Francisco's Wilmer Flores on Friday.