 Newly acquired shortstop Furcal hit only .240 for the month.The Cardinals went 2–4 on a six-game road trip to Pittsburgh and Chicago, then came home and were swept in three games by a bad Dodger team.After close of business on August 24, the day the Dodgers completed their sweep, St. Louis had fallen ten games behind Milwaukee in the NL Central standings and 10 games behind the Atlanta Braves (and in third place) in the NL Wild Card standings.