WASHINGTON – The Minnesota Twins return home to Target Field on Monday, and there’s rain in the forecast – the purple kind.

The Twins were on the road at Milwaukee when news of Prince’s death first surfaced on Thursday. But following a weekend series in DC against the Nationals, they’ll head back to Minneapolis – Prince’s hometown – for a six-game home stand that kicks off with a Monday night matchup against the Cleveland Indians. And they plan on paying tribute to the legendary musician.

“We’re all walking up to Prince songs,” Brian Dozier said prior to Saturday’s game against Washington.

The All-Star second baseman said that he has chosen “Purple Rain” as his walk-up song for the special day, and that teammate Joe Mauer – who, like Prince, hails from the Twin Cities – will use “Raspberry Beret.” He also said that because of Prince’s ties to Minneapolis, the Twins have been especially attuned to the grief that the rest of the world is feeling following the loss of the 57-year old icon.

Besides Mauer, manager Paul Molitor is also a Twin Cities native who was born just two years before Prince.

“A lot of people in here are from Minneapolis and have a history, growing up in the same area,” said Dozier, “so we definitely felt it.”

In Friday’s series opener against Washington, Dozier and his Twins teammates wore purple wristbands in honor of Prince, who starred in the 1984 film "Purple Rain" and whose soundtrack album of the same name a was huge smash, spawning four top-10 hits.

On Monday against the Indians, Minnesota will don the purple wristbands again. The tribute also will feature a moment of silence before the game and the introduction of “Little Red Corvette” as the new seventh-inning stretch song. The Twins, who previously didn’t have a signature stretch song, plan on using “Little Red Corvette” for the remainder of the season.