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Matt Carpenter pledges to donate $10K to Houston aid for every HR

Charles LeClaire / USA TODAY Sports

Matt Carpenter hopes to let his bat help out those in his hometown state.

With much of Houston damaged and covered by flood waters due to Tropical Storm Harvey, the St. Louis Cardinals infielder, who was born in Galveston, Texas - approximately an hour's drive from Houston - announced Monday on Twitter that he plans to donate $10,000 for each home run he hits from now until the end of the campaign.

Carpenter's contributions didn't go unnoticed by his team, either.

Tropical Storm Harvey's devastation has been felt elsewhere in baseball circles, too. On Monday, the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros announced the two would play their mid-week series at Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays, instead of the Astros' home turf of Minute Maid Park due to the natural disaster.

- With h/t to Big League Stew

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