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.

The ninth inning of Friday's game between the Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants was largely uneventful, with the exception of a moment between Aroldis Chapman and Wilmer Flores.

San Francisco Giants first baseman Wilmer Flores was so confused when Boston closer Aroldis Chapman started yelling at him Friday night that he asked a reporter to find out what had upset Chapman. As it turns out,