A sense of hopelessness and doom seemed to loom over the head of Vanderbilt baseball after the first inning as the Commodores trailed No. 24 Alabama 5-0 in the series finale Saturday in a game where Vanderbilt had no choice but to win. The Commodores were able to battle back, scoring four runs over the next two innings and cutting the deficit to just 5-4. But the lack of the big hit for Vanderbilt in the second half of the game made that gloomy sense it seemed to have at the start of the game into a reality as the Commodores lost 8-5 and were swept by the Crimson Tide. With the sweep, Vanderbilt fell to 10-14 on the season and dropped its second consecutive SEC series and its fourth series in the last five weekends. After Friday’s loss, the margin for error reached razor thin for Vanderbilt. After Saturday’s sweeping loss, the margin for error is quite literally zero. There is no more margin for error left if the Commodores want to make the NCAA Tournament.…