Chicago Cubs third baseman Matt Shaw is expected to be back with the team for Tuesday’s series opener against the New York Mets at Wrigley Field after missing Sunday’s game to attend Charlie Kirk’s memorial in Arizona.

Shaw missed the 1-0 loss to the Reds in Cincinnati to go to “the funeral of a friend,” manager Craig Counsell said postgame. The 23-year-old rookie was at Kirk’s memorial Sunday at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., sources told the Tribune and confirmed by photos. Shaw’s wife, Danielle, shared videos to her Instagram account of President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Kirk’s wife, Erika, on stage at the event.

Kirk, a conservative podcaster, founder of Turning Point USA and close ally of Trump, was shot and killed during a speaking event Sept. 10 at a U

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