Many would say an ideal strategy in any endeavor is to work smarter, not harder. In September baseball, a culmination of a grind of one hundred and sixty-two games with all the looming implications of the playoffs around the corner, teams are often not afforded the luxury of choice. The Seattle Mariners played game three of a four game set against a Tampa Bay Rays team with a better record and ahead of them in the wild card standings, and despite the Mariners best efforts the Rays were ultimately smarter and harder working, Seattle losing with a score of 5-7.