Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski The Curve’s Brenden Dixon examines the footing situation at PNG Field after a rain delay on Thursday night.

Altoona and Richmond were suspended after two innings in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader on Thursday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field.

The game will resume at 5 p.m. tonight with a seven-inning game to follow. Game 2 of Thursday’s doubleheader, the scheduled make-up from Tuesday night’s rainout, was canceled.

Richmond scored two runs in the top of the first inning off Curve right-hander Jarod Bayless. After a Diego Velasquez double, Adrian Sugastey lifted a sacrifice fly. Sabin Ceballos later plated a second run on an RBI single. The Curve scratched a run back in the bottom of the first inning on a Nick Cimillo sacrifice fly.

The game entered a rain delay in the top of the third inning with Richmond leading 2-1 and was eventually suspended after a delay of 3 hours, 2 minutes.

The Curve will continue their series at PNG Field tonight with first pitch set for 5 p.m. to resume tonight’s game. Pitchers were not yet announced.

Next stop

Tonight: Richmond Flying Squirrels at Altoona Curve, 5 p.m. (Completion of suspended game, followed by seven-inning game)