For the Harvard softball team on Tuesday, a bitter Beantown battle turned into a blurry blizzard blowout.

As the needle dropped below 40 degrees and snow flurries swept through Boston College’s Shea Field, the Crimson (10-12) dropped a pair of decisions to its crosstown rivals that were just as sloppy as the weather outside.

The Eagles (15-15) exploited lackluster Harvard pitching to the tune of five home runs over the two games and held the Crimson to a mere three combined runs. The doubleheader proved a major non-conference letdown for the team after a successful opening Ivy League weekend, as it fell by scores of 5-1 and 12-2.

“We need to remember how bad this feels,” Harvard coach Jenny Allard said. “I’m disappointed, we didn’t play well. It’s something I want to learn from.”

BC 12, HARVARD 2

The Boston College bats turned their home diamond into a launching pad in game two, sending four longballs over the fence in a five-inning rout.

The Crimson was done in by a disastrous third inning, in which two pitchers could not stop an onslaught that saw 15 Eagles step to the plate.

Starter Becky Voaklander began the frame by allowing a two-run blast to BC centerfielder Kimmy Hopkin—Hopkin’s second such hit of the game—after an Erin Halpenny error.

The tater put Harvard in a 5-1 hole but the marathon frame was just beginning. Two hits, two fielder’s choices, and a hit batter later, Voaklander was pulled and freshman Amanda Watkins inherited a 6-1 deficit and a dangerous bases-loaded situation. After plunking the first batter she faced, Watkins surrendered a grand slam to leadoff hitter Jenna Macchi, Watkins’ second slam allowed in as many games.

“Our pitchers didn’t keep the ball in the ballpark,” Allard said. “We can’t do that against a team like this.”

Watkins would eventually escape the embarrassing inning, but not before issuing four free passes and leaving the Crimson behind by a count of 12-1.

Harvard scrounged up a tally in the top of the fifth on a hit and a two-base throwing error, but could not avoid the mercy rule in the soggy, frigid nightcap.

“We can’t let it bother us,” Allard said.

The game did not start as bleakly for the Crimson as it ended. Senior first baseman Cecily Gordon launched her first home run of the season with two outs in the first to give the squad a brief one-run lead.