Yankees' Brandon Drury's X-rays negative after being hit on the elbow

TAMPA, Fla. – Yankees third baseman Brandon Drury was forced out of Friday’s game, due to a contusion on his left elbow.

X-rays were negative and manager Aaron Boone said that Drury is “hopefully’’ OK. “(There’s) definitely some swelling in there. He got a pretty good shot, we’ll see how it responds.’’

Drury was drilled by Red Sox lefty Brian Johnson’s pitch during Boston’s 5-0 win at Steinbrenner Field.

Six days before the Yankees’ season opener at Toronto, the team has been relatively healthy all spring. Clint Frazier (concussion symptoms) has resumed baseball activity and Jacoby Ellsbury (strained right oblique) has resumed playing in exhibition games, but both players are expected to open the year on the disabled list.

Drury was acquired from Arizona earlier this spring, in a three-team trade to solidify third base and allow Miguel Andujar some more time to develop defensively.

If Drury were to miss any time, Boone believes he can get by with Tyler Wade, Neil Walker and Ronald Torreyes as third base options, keeping Andujar at Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Earlier on Friday, Andujar was presented the James P. Dawson award as the Yankees’ most outstanding rookie in camp. Andujar batted .262 with two doubles, a triple, four homers and 10 RBI in 14 Grapefruit League games.

Masahiro Tanaka tuneup

For his final spring training start, Masahiro Tanaka turned up the dial and delivered his best exhibition outing.

“I said to myself that I was going to pitch the way I would pitch in the regular season, and that’s what I did,’’ Tanaka said through an interpreter, after limiting the Red Sox to one run in 5.2 innings on Friday.

Tanaka gave up five hits, including a solo homer to Ivan DeJesus Jr., with no walks and six strikeouts in a 69-pitch effort.

“I thought he was sharp,’’ said Boone, especially praising the splitter and Tanaka’s secondary pitches. “Felt like it was a good final step before the season.’’

Tanaka is due to start the second game of the regular season, Friday at Toronto. And heading in, “you just want to see some results and I was able to get that today,’’ said Tanaka.

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