Bonds got a second straight day off today, with San Francisco skipper Bruce Bochy holding the slugger out of the starting lineup again to rest his sore body.

Bochy initially had hinted Bonds might sit out today, but then said after yesterday's game that No. 25 would be a go the next night against the Chicago Cubs.

Bonds last sat in back-to-back games June 5-6 at Arizona while dealing with shin splints. Bochy has said the shins aren't the issue, though Bonds has acknowledged in recent days his legs, feet and toes are swollen — and that he's just plain exhausted.

And he said during the weekend, when he played all 30 innings in a three-game sweep by the rival Los Angeles Dodgers, that he was still recovering from the All-Star festivities last week in San Francisco.

He was scratched for yesterday's 3-2 series-opening loss at Wrigley Field after telling the trainers he didn't feel good enough to play.

The Giants play consecutive afternoon games tomorrow and Thursday against the Cubs before a three-game weekend series against the Brewers in Milwaukee.

"It's a day-night game with a left-hander tonight," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said today. "With (Carlos) Zambrano (Wednesday), I'm sure he'll be in there. It's not easy for an older player. It's difficult."

Zambrano, a right-hander, is an 11-game winner this season.

A federal grand jury is investigating whether Bonds perjured himself when he testified in 2003 in the BALCO steroid distribution case that he hadn't knowingly taken performance-enhancing drugs. The panel's term could expire as soon as Thursday, but prosecutors also might ask a judge to extend the grand jury's tenure.

Bonds is mired in an 0-for-20 slump, his worst hitless stretch since his record-breaking 2001 season. He played in 81 of the club's first 90 games through yesterday and was selected as a starter for last Tuesday's All-Star game in his home ballpark — his first All-Star game since 2004.