Spanish legend Sanchez stands tall as a PBA legend. Winning 2 consecutive tours in 26 days

Spanish legend Sanchez stands tall as a PBA legend. Winning 2 consecutive tours in 26 days
Daniel Sanchez is celebrating with the firecrackers that erupted when he beat Kang Dong-gung to win the final of the eighth PBA Tour"Harim PBA Championship" in the 2025-2026 season held on the night of the 7th. PBA Offer



Spanish legend Sanchez stands tall as a PBA legend. Winning 2 consecutive tours in 26 days
Daniel Sanchez (left) accepts the trophy from Chief Financial Officer of the Century Harim at the awards ceremony held after winning the eighth PBA Tour of the 2025-2026 season 'Harim Championship' held on the 7th. PBA Offer
Daniel Sanchez (Welcome Savings Bank) of Spain's 3 Cushions has become a 'PBA legend' by winning two consecutive professional baseball PBA tours.

Sanchez won the set-score 4-2 (9-15, 15-9, 15-8, 15-0, 9-15, 15-0, 15-0, 15-9, 15-0, 15-9, 15-9, 15-9, 15-9, 15-9, 15-9, 15-9, 15-9, 15-9, 15-9, 15-9, 15-9, 15-9, and 15-9-9, 15-9-9, 15-9-9, and lifted his third career championship trophy in the PBA Finals at Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do.

With this, Sanchez lifted another trophy just 26 days after reaching the top of the previous tour 'High1 Resort Championship' held in early November. In addition, he achieved his third career championship on the PBA stage. Sanchez, who added 100 million won in prize money, firmly maintained his No. 1 ranking in the season (281.5 million won, 337,500 points) and surpassed 400 million won in cumulative prize money, jumping from the previous 11th to the 6th place (42 million won).




Sanchez, who challenged the PBA in the 2023-2024 season, is spending a 'all-time' season in three seasons. Following the runner-up in the opening round, he reached the semifinals of the 3rd Tour (NH Nonghyup Card Championship), and from the 6th round, he reached the final of three consecutive tours. Half of the eight tours have reached the finals and won two championships. He is writing a new history faster than anyone else.

Spanish legend Sanchez stands tall as a PBA legend. Winning 2 consecutive tours in 26 days
Daniel Sanchez is attempting a shot with his opponent Kang Dong-gung watching in the final of the 2025-2026 season PBA 8th Tour"Harim PBA Championship" held on the night of the 7th. PBA Offer
Spanish legend Sanchez stands tall as a PBA legend. Winning 2 consecutive tours in 26 days
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On the other hand, Kang Dong-gung, who sought to return to the top for the first time in more than a year, tried to win his fifth career championship by performing actively in the two-point range until the semifinals, but unfortunately failed to cross the championship threshold and swallowed the disappointment. Nguyen Quoc Nguyen (Vietnam, Hana Card), who recorded 3.750 average against Lee Jae-heung in the round of 64, won the welcome top ranking (4 million won in prize money) given to the player with the highest average score in one competition.

The two sets were divided in the beginning of the final. In the first set, Kang Dong-gung won 15-9 (9 innings), and in the second set, Sanchez filled 15 points in four innings and took it 15-9.




Sanchez, who won the second set, accelerated his pace. After sweeping 11 high runs in the second inning of the third set, he began to lead the game 15-8 by filling one remaining score in six innings after three runs in three innings.

Sanchez's sharp cue tip, which found concentration, peaked in the fourth set. Taking advantage of Kang Dong-gung's mistake of missing the first pitch, he added seven points in one inning and two bank shots in two innings, driving eight high runs, leaving a complete 15-0 victory in just two innings and a step to the championship cup.

Kang Dong-gung Palace, on the verge of defeat, gained strength. Kang Dong-gung led 13-6, scoring with delicate control in the fifth set, bursting nine high runs in six innings, and added two runs in eight innings to chase a set of 15-8 and 2-3.




Spanish legend Sanchez stands tall as a PBA legend. Winning 2 consecutive tours in 26 days
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But Sanchez no longer allowed the chase. Kang Dong-gung led 9-0 from 1st to 3rd innings of offense, but Sanchez responded with 8 points in 3rd innings of offense and chased 8-9. Later, Kang Dong-gung finished 15-9 with five runs in four innings and two runs in five innings, completing the set score 4-2.

After the game, Sanchez said "I'm very happy. It has played four finals this season and reached the semifinals five times. I'm satisfied that I've done well this season, and I think I'm adjusting to the PBA"We have to wait and see how far our performance and play will continue, but I'm very satisfied with my performance right now."

With the eighth tour of the season completed, the PBA will resume the fifth round of the 'Welcome Savings Bank PBA Team League 2025-2026" at 'Kintex PBA Stadium' from the 3rd of next month. After the fifth round, the team immediately enters the postseason of the team league and determines the strongest team of the season.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.