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Not long ago, Gardner and Williams were reasons to hope that the Jets were close to clawing their way out of their perpetual abyss.

They had to claw their way back instead, playing from behind all the way into the ninth inning — when their season was two outs away from ending in failure.

The Dodgers were actually down in the series at one point, clawing their way back to eventually forced a Game 7.

They seemed finished until the ninth, clawing back close but never completely erasing the deficit — until Rojas saved the season with a tying home run to left.

There were clumps of fur in the undergrowth and claw marks in the dirt.