CINCINNATI — The Yankees used a stopper and a showstopper to top the Reds, 7-1, on Wednesday night at Great American Ball Park.

Max Fried improved to 8-1 with an 0.95 ERA after Yankees losses and Jazz Chisholm Jr. smacked a two-run homer as the Yankees salvaged the finale of the three-game series.

Fried (10-3, 1.92 ERA) leads the majors in wins. In seven innings, he was charged with one unearned run (it scored on a throwing error by Chisholm in the fourth). Fried allowed four hits, walked one, struck out seven, and picked a runner off second to end the fifth. He threw 106 pitches.

“He was so good,” manager Aaron Boone said. “Ten wins in half a season — it’s not easy to do in any era.”

Chisholm, who was ejected for arguing a low strike call in the ninth inning on Tuesday, bashed his 11th home run to right (433 feet) in the third.

“After what happened [Tuesday] night,” Chisholm said, “it felt great to get a hold of one.”

And then the show began.

Chisholm theatrically dropped his bat and thoroughly enjoyed his trip around the bases. He skipped over first base, mimicked a jump shot in the direction of rightfield on his way to second, and then made some sort of palms-up gesture as he reached third base.

That happened to be where umpire Mark Wegner, who ejected Chisholm on Tuesday, was stationed. Chisholm said after the game that the gesture wasn’t directed at Wegner and was just part of his usual rounding-the-bases routine.

What came next wasn’t.

After he crossed home plate, Chisholm said something to Reds catcher Jose Trevino, the beloved former Yankee who before the game Boone said may have contributed to Chisholm’s ejection.

Trevino was caught on video in the ninth on Tuesday urging Wegner to look at Chisholm, who was getting ready at third base for the bottom of the ninth.

Wegner tossed Chisholm for (in the umpire’s apparent belief) continuing to complain about the strike call well after the at-bat, which ended in a strikeout. Chisholm denied he was still jawing from third base.

The whole affair added a subplot to the reunion with Trevino, who got misty-eyed when talking about his time with the Yankees. Trevino used Aaron Judge’s walk-up song and Carlos Rodon’s intro music during at-bats in the first two games as a hat tip to his former teammates.

Chisholm, who was not upset at all about Trevino’s actions, said someone showed him the video Wednesday afternoon.

“We know Trevi,” Chisholm said. “I thought it was pretty funny. That’s why I said it when I came back to the plate [after the home run].”

Chisholm said he told Trevino, “That’s for [Tuesday] night” and Trevino said, “Easy, easy” and reminded him not to get thrown out of games because the Yankees need him.

After the game, Trevino told Reds reporters: “I was his teammate. I’m not going to fight the guy. It’s baseball.”

So all was well that ended well, especially for the Yankees, who get a day off on Thursday after playing 16 straight days.

“I think everybody’s going to sleep 14 hours,” Chisholm said. “Especially after a late flight.”

It was an odd offensive game for the Yankees, who had 13 hits and went 4-for-22 with runners in scoring position. It was their most chances with RISP since they had 22 against Seattle in 2017. The Yankees struck out 11 times and 37 times in the series.

The Yankees took a 1-0 lead in the second on an RBI single by Trent Grisham (4-for-6).

Anthony Volpe had an odd sacrifice fly in the fifth to give the Yankees a 4-1 lead. Ben Rice barely scored after he went back to touch third because he thought he may have initially gone too early.

“Whew,” Boone said.

In the sixth, Judge had an RBI double and Giancarlo Stanton added a run-scoring grounder to make it 6-1.

Austin Wells had an RBI single in the ninth to bring home Jasson Dominguez, who went 4-for-5 with two doubles and two stolen bases. It was Dominguez’s first four-hit game.

The Yankees played two men short as they were without Jonathan Loaisiga (illness) and J.C. Escarra, who was in the original lineup but left the ballpark at about 5 p.m. after getting a call that his wife had gone into labor with the couple’s first child . . . Boone said “we’ll see” when asked about the next step for Marcus Stroman, who allowed 10 hits and five runs in 3 2⁄3 innings in his third rehab start for Double-A Somerset on Tuesday. Allan Winans could get a second start if Stroman (knee) is deemed not ready.