<p>By Brian McTaggart and Chris Abshire / MLB.com | 5/25/2013 2:12 A.M. ET</p><p>HOUSTON -- The Astros' organization-wide efforts to aid victims of Monday's devastating tornado in Oklahoma have trickled down to individual players. Left-handed reliever Travis Blackley picked up some baseball equipment Thursday for a family with three young children who were affected by the storm.</p><p>"This family had lost everything and being kids like they are, they were really concerned about all their baseball equipment being gone," Blackley said. "I'm just chipping in, doing what I can."</p><p>Blackley said he heard about the family through the wife of Astros shortstop Marwin Gonzalez. Gonzalez played with the Astros' Triple-A affiliate in Oklahoma City for 13 games in 2012.</p><p><a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130524&content_id=48472644&notebook_id=48473640&vkey=notebook_hou&c_id=hou">Keep reading...</a></p>