A strikeout quite possibly allows three runs to score that inning, maybe more, considering that Cameron followed with a hit and Counsell would have had a sac fly. The DP takes a runner off the bases and adds the extra out. It's definitely worse than a K in that situation. And Cameron could have possibly grounded into a DP to end the game, or K'd as he has a fancy of doing. The pitch selection would have been different to Cameron, and he would have had more pressure on him with the team still behind.