Five takeaways from UVA baseball’s series loss to Duke

Dylan Widger-USA TODAY SportsThis week, the Virginia Cavaliers baseball travelled back to Charlottesville for a mid-week matchup with Richmond, and cruised to a 15-5 victory. Then, they continued south for a three-game set against #11 Duke.

After falling behind in the first inning, the ‘Hoos trailed for the remainder of Thursday’s contest en route to a 9-4 loss. They bounced back on Friday with a 7-3 win, but the Blue Devils took Saturday’s rubber match by the same score.

Here is what we are taking away from the weekend:

ACC play will be a grind

With the exception of a sweep at Pitt the previous weekend, where UVA outscored the Panthers by a combined score of 38-8, the beginning of conference…