The Brandon Nimmo effect is already in full swing for Mets

WASHINGTON — To make a wild run and jump over the Cubs and three other teams, the Mets are going to need plenty of energy this last month of the regular season.

That is where Brandon Nimmo comes into play.

Nimmo supplied a good deal of offensive energy in the Mets’ 7-3 win over the Nationals on Labor Day at Nationals Park. He set the tone with a 10-pitch walk against Joe Ross in a two-run second inning when he nearly ran down J.D. Davis from behind on Joe Panik’s run-scoring double. He eventually came around to score on Rene Rivera’s single to right. Nimmo walked the next inning, too.

Then in the five-run fourth, Nimmo’s RBI double against reliever Austin Voth, which followed Jeff McNeil’s…