PHILADELPHIA -- Outfielder Harrison Bader could play in Monday's Game 2 for the Philadelphia Phillies after leaving Saturday's National League Division Series opener with a groin injury.

Phillies manager Rob Thomson said Sunday that imaging showed no major tear or strain in Bader's groin. Thomson said the Phillies would have a better idea on Monday if Bader, who settled center field and morphed into a fan favorite down the stretch, could start or at least be used as a pinch hitter Monday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers .

"I think after the game they stretched him out, got him moving around a little bit," Thomson said, a day after his club dropped Game 1. "I think he felt a lot better after that."

Bader made one of the Game 1 plays of the game when he sprinted to his left on

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