NASHVILLE – Vanderbilt’s series finale against Texas could not have been played more closely. The Commodores dropped the rubber match against No. 4 Texas in a 4-3 loss in the 10th inning. It was a game that was destined to be won in the margins at the end of the afternoon. After Texas tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the fourth inning, a pitching duel between the two squads raged on until Vanderbilt finally blinked in the top half of the 10th. The loss was certainly one that stings given the difference a win would have made for Vanderbilt in terms of its record and its RPI ranking, but it is not a loss that brings a cloud of doom and gloom over the team. Despite the loss, Vanderbilt played competitively and played close with a team that it may not have played close with a couple of weeks ago. “It felt like playoff baseball. The full time we were out there, just tight, no one’s giving an inch really,” Vanderbilt head coach Tim Corbin said. “But we’ve really competed.…