Today I was late for my volleyball game. Mom pulled the car over several times to study the map she had printed off the Internet. Mom even made me go into a convenience store to see if I could get some help in there. When we
finally got to the gym, the girls on my team were almost finished warming up. Why was the student late for the
game?

The reason she was late because her mom pulled over several times and made her go in the convenience store to get help

Explanation:

what can best be inferred from this excerpt is the pittsburgh pirates had a winning season in 1972., the specific information about the year is provided in the excerpt.

the other options are not correct because we can not assure that roberto clemente was the best since we don't know the information about the other players, there are no mentions about any specific fan either and it is clear that not many batters can make it to   3000 hits because it is mention as a high number.

go i think this should he the answer i'm not sure