Carlos Rodon was on the mound in live game action Saturday for the first time since going down with elbow inflammation.The Yankeessouthpaw tossed 48 pitches (29 strikes) across 2.2 innings, allowing three runs on three hits and two walks while striking out four batters for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.It was an inauspicious start for Rodon. Seaver King took Rodon deep to lead off the game. Rodon bounced back to get the next three batters out to end the first inning. After a 1-2-3 second inning, Rodon ran into trouble in the third. After striking out the first batter of the inning, four batters in a row reached base (a double, two walks and a triple) as Rochester pushed across two more runs.After Rodon struck out his fourth batter to get the second out of the third, he was pulled.Rodon would have pitched deeper, but Yankees managerAaron Boone said earlier this week that the plan was for the southpaw to throw around 50 pitches.Once Rodon recovers well from this rehab start, the Yankees will determine next steps for the veteran, but Boone said that they are considering using Rodon in a piggyback role since the rotation already has five starters (Gerrit Cole, Cam Schlittler, Max Fried, Ryan Weathers and Will Warren).Rodon missed the first two months of the season while recovering from left elbow surgery, and pitched nine starts. In those starts, the left-hander went 4-2 with a 3.30 ERA and 52 strikeouts in 46.1 innings. The Yankees shut down Rodon and placed him on the IL on June 28 after he experienced inflammation in the same elbow.