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Laitinen Keeps Hit Streak Alive: At Ballpark Italiano today Rome catcher Dave Laitinen stretched his consecutive-game hitting streak to 25 games with 1 hit against the Verona Vipers. However%2C the Gladiators came up short on the scoreboard and lost the game 9-3.%0ADave Laitinen struck out in the 2nd%2C struck out in the 4th%2C hit a solo-shot off Martin Boase in the 7th and walked in the 9th.%0A%0AIn 70 games this season Laitinen has batted at a .520 pace with 199 hits and 15 home runs.