Q--Did you feel you could pitch even though you had thrown a shutout less than 24 hours before?
“All through my career, my arm was such that it didn’t get stiff until the second day after I pitched, not the first day. The first day was fine. This was the first day after pitching.”

The Giants are on their way home from Boston on a train. At every stop made by the train, they check the Dodger score. Giant hopes build as the Dodger-Phillie game reaches the final innings.
Rallying one last time, the Dodgers are not finished yet. After singles by Gil Hodges and Billy Cox, Rube Walker hits a pinch-hit double for two RBIs and the Phillie lead is reduced to 8-7.

Q--The club is now down by a run in the eighth inning with a runner in scoring position. What happens next?
“I went to the manager and said ‘Skipper, I can go to the bullpen. Maybe I can give you an inning or two.’ Knowing Charlie Dressen as I did, he said, ‘Go ahead, let’s see what happens.’”

As Newcombe trots to the Dodger bullpen, the Phillies’ Manager, Eddie Sawyer goes to his bullpen and sends a message to the Dodgers and the Giants there would be no half way measures by the Phillies.
Despite a deep bullpen, Sawyer calls in his best pitcher, Robin Roberts. Roberts had started the Saturday game for the Phillies. It was clear the Phillies would win or lose with their best pitcher on the mound.
The move doesn’t help. Carl Furillo singles home Walker with the tying run and the Dodgers have caught the Phillies (8-8). The Giants continue on their train ride home to New York. Newcombe warms up in earnest, preparing to enter the game.

Q--How did you feel warming up after sitting on the bench for seven innings?
“I started to warm up to see how I felt. I felt good. I was able to get loose. I told Clyde Sukeforth (bullpen coach) that I felt good. He (Sukeforth) signaled to Dressen I was ready to go.”

Roberts gets the third Dodger out in the eighth inning. Newcombe leaves the bullpen to enter the game. He has made his previous pitching appearance less than 24 hours before. He is pitching for the third time in the last five games.
Dick Young, beat writer for the New York Daily News wrote, “Now, with the score snarled, Dressen had to come with his best. Newcombe, who had blanked the Phils last night, ambled out of the pen.....”
Roscoe McGowen of the New York Times added his view to the scene. “Newcombe came out amid a tremendous burst of cheers to start pitching in the eighth.”