May 28, 2010 3:13 PM EST

Phillies reliever Brad Lidge is hoping to return next week when the team battles the Braves.

"They haven't let me get that far in planning," Lidge said of playing in a series that begins Monday, "but it does look that way."

Lidge threw 25 fastballs in a bullpen session Tuesday, his first work off a mound since the Phillies' medical staff injected his inflamed right elbow with a shot of cortisone on May 17.

Via Philadelphia Daily News