The next step forward in Vanderbilt baseball’s narrow path to the NCAA Tournament was taken Thursday night as it took down South Carolina in convincing 9-1 fashion. It was one of the most complete games Vanderbilt has played all season as the Commodores got what they needed out of their pitchers and were able to put runs on the board to run away and take the first game of the series. Though it was a positive sign for Vanderbilt that it played the way it did Thursday, it did not change much as to where the Commodores are in the big picture. Vanderbilt is still 12-16 in conference play and Thursday’s win in all likelihood did not make much of a change in terms of its at-large bid hopes for the NCAA Tournament. Nonetheless, there are only two more games before the schedule turns to postseason play. But perhaps unsurprisingly, Vanderbilt is not too focused on where it stands in terms of its seeding in the SEC Tournament, nor are the Commodores too worried about their case to be in the NCAA Tournament right now.…